Note Refactor is a [[community plugin]] for [[base/Obsidian/Obsidian]] by James Lynch that simplifies refactoring your notes.
I use the command **Extract selection to new note - first line as file name** (which I have mapped to hotkey `Ctrl+Shift+N`) to refactor one selection at a time.
There is also an option to split an entire note by a specified header level, however I have found that I like the control of refactoring one-by-one.
## Custom settings
- **Default location for new notes**: `Same as current file`
- **Exclude first line:** TRUE
- **Include heading:** FALSE
- **Open New Note:** TRUE
- **Normalize heading levels:** TRUE
To populate the note automatically with the `parent` property from the note that it was refactored from, populate the **Refactored note template** as
```
---
topic: <insert topic>
parent: "{{link}}"
---
{{new_note_content}}
```