diff --git a/src/harness/fourslashImpl.ts b/src/harness/fourslashImpl.ts
index 7d9d3c6c9f9bb..08698bf8b2721 100644
--- a/src/harness/fourslashImpl.ts
+++ b/src/harness/fourslashImpl.ts
@@ -3979,8 +3979,8 @@ export class TestState {
         };
     }
 
-    public verifyRefactorAvailable(negative: boolean, triggerReason: ts.RefactorTriggerReason, name: string, actionName?: string, actionDescription?: string) {
-        let refactors = this.getApplicableRefactorsAtSelection(triggerReason);
+    public verifyRefactorAvailable(negative: boolean, triggerReason: ts.RefactorTriggerReason, name: string, actionName?: string, actionDescription?: string, kind?: string, preferences = ts.emptyOptions, includeInteractiveActions?: boolean) {
+        let refactors = this.getApplicableRefactorsAtSelection(triggerReason, kind, preferences, includeInteractiveActions);
         refactors = refactors.filter(r => r.name === name);
 
         if (actionName !== undefined) {
@@ -4445,8 +4445,8 @@ export class TestState {
         test(renameKeys(newFileContents, key => pathUpdater(key) || key), "with file moved");
     }
 
-    private getApplicableRefactorsAtSelection(triggerReason: ts.RefactorTriggerReason = "implicit", kind?: string, preferences = ts.emptyOptions) {
-        return this.getApplicableRefactorsWorker(this.getSelection(), this.activeFile.fileName, preferences, triggerReason, kind);
+    private getApplicableRefactorsAtSelection(triggerReason: ts.RefactorTriggerReason = "implicit", kind?: string, preferences = ts.emptyOptions, includeInteractiveActions?: boolean) {
+        return this.getApplicableRefactorsWorker(this.getSelection(), this.activeFile.fileName, preferences, triggerReason, kind, includeInteractiveActions);
     }
     private getApplicableRefactors(rangeOrMarker: Range | Marker, preferences = ts.emptyOptions, triggerReason: ts.RefactorTriggerReason = "implicit", kind?: string, includeInteractiveActions?: boolean): readonly ts.ApplicableRefactorInfo[] {
         return this.getApplicableRefactorsWorker("position" in rangeOrMarker ? rangeOrMarker.position : rangeOrMarker, rangeOrMarker.fileName, preferences, triggerReason, kind, includeInteractiveActions); // eslint-disable-line local/no-in-operator
diff --git a/src/harness/fourslashInterfaceImpl.ts b/src/harness/fourslashInterfaceImpl.ts
index 4ec5ff653d045..64577f69ced7c 100644
--- a/src/harness/fourslashInterfaceImpl.ts
+++ b/src/harness/fourslashInterfaceImpl.ts
@@ -212,12 +212,12 @@ export class VerifyNegatable {
         this.state.verifyRefactorsAvailable(names);
     }
 
-    public refactorAvailable(name: string, actionName?: string, actionDescription?: string) {
-        this.state.verifyRefactorAvailable(this.negative, "implicit", name, actionName, actionDescription);
+    public refactorAvailable(name: string, actionName?: string, actionDescription?: string, kind?: string, preferences = ts.emptyOptions, includeInteractiveActions?: boolean) {
+        this.state.verifyRefactorAvailable(this.negative, "implicit", name, actionName, actionDescription, kind, preferences, includeInteractiveActions);
     }
 
-    public refactorAvailableForTriggerReason(triggerReason: ts.RefactorTriggerReason, name: string, actionName?: string) {
-        this.state.verifyRefactorAvailable(this.negative, triggerReason, name, actionName);
+    public refactorAvailableForTriggerReason(triggerReason: ts.RefactorTriggerReason, name: string, actionName?: string, actionDescription?: string, kind?: string, preferences = ts.emptyOptions, includeInteractiveActions?: boolean) {
+        this.state.verifyRefactorAvailable(this.negative, triggerReason, name, actionName, actionDescription, kind, preferences, includeInteractiveActions);
     }
 
     public refactorKindAvailable(kind: string, expected: string[], preferences = ts.emptyOptions) {
diff --git a/src/services/refactors/extractSymbol.ts b/src/services/refactors/extractSymbol.ts
index e55e4e37f7af5..b9406e8f1b594 100644
--- a/src/services/refactors/extractSymbol.ts
+++ b/src/services/refactors/extractSymbol.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import {
     assertType,
     BindingElement,
     Block,
-    BlockLike,
     BreakStatement,
     CancellationToken,
     canHaveModifiers,
@@ -67,6 +66,7 @@ import {
     isAssignmentExpression,
     isBinaryExpression,
     isBlock,
+    isBlockLike,
     isBlockScope,
     isCaseClause,
     isClassLike,
@@ -2221,18 +2221,6 @@ function isExtractableExpression(node: Node): boolean {
     return true;
 }
 
-function isBlockLike(node: Node): node is BlockLike {
-    switch (node.kind) {
-        case SyntaxKind.Block:
-        case SyntaxKind.SourceFile:
-        case SyntaxKind.ModuleBlock:
-        case SyntaxKind.CaseClause:
-            return true;
-        default:
-            return false;
-    }
-}
-
 function isInJSXContent(node: Node) {
     return isStringLiteralJsxAttribute(node) ||
         (isJsxElement(node) || isJsxSelfClosingElement(node) || isJsxFragment(node)) && (isJsxElement(node.parent) || isJsxFragment(node.parent));
diff --git a/src/services/refactors/moveToFile.ts b/src/services/refactors/moveToFile.ts
index 64fe7b0a4ae25..1d3d072d89c07 100644
--- a/src/services/refactors/moveToFile.ts
+++ b/src/services/refactors/moveToFile.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import {
     filter,
     find,
     FindAllReferences,
+    findAncestor,
     findIndex,
     findLast,
     firstDefined,
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ import {
     getRelativePathFromFile,
     getSourceFileOfNode,
     getSynthesizedDeepClone,
+    getTokenAtPosition,
     getUniqueName,
     hasJSFileExtension,
     hasSyntacticModifier,
@@ -73,6 +75,7 @@ import {
     isArrayLiteralExpression,
     isBinaryExpression,
     isBindingElement,
+    isBlockLike,
     isDeclarationName,
     isExportDeclaration,
     isExportSpecifier,
@@ -165,6 +168,16 @@ registerRefactor(refactorNameForMoveToFile, {
         if (!interactiveRefactorArguments) {
             return emptyArray;
         }
+        /** If the start/end nodes of the selection are inside a block like node do not show the `Move to file` code action
+         *  This condition is used in order to show less often the `Move to file` code action */
+        if (context.endPosition !== undefined) {
+            const file = context.file;
+            const startNodeAncestor = findAncestor(getTokenAtPosition(file, context.startPosition), isBlockLike);
+            const endNodeAncestor = findAncestor(getTokenAtPosition(file, context.endPosition), isBlockLike);
+            if (startNodeAncestor && !isSourceFile(startNodeAncestor) && endNodeAncestor && !isSourceFile(endNodeAncestor)) {
+                return emptyArray;
+            }
+        }
         if (context.preferences.allowTextChangesInNewFiles && statements) {
             return [{ name: refactorNameForMoveToFile, description, actions: [moveToFileAction] }];
         }
diff --git a/src/services/utilities.ts b/src/services/utilities.ts
index 0b2072f449008..dc5c6c777528e 100644
--- a/src/services/utilities.ts
+++ b/src/services/utilities.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
     BinaryExpression,
     binarySearchKey,
     BindingElement,
+    BlockLike,
     BreakOrContinueStatement,
     CallExpression,
     canHaveModifiers,
@@ -4274,3 +4275,16 @@ export function fileShouldUseJavaScriptRequire(file: SourceFile | string, progra
     }
     return preferRequire;
 }
+
+/** @internal */
+export function isBlockLike(node: Node): node is BlockLike {
+    switch (node.kind) {
+        case SyntaxKind.Block:
+        case SyntaxKind.SourceFile:
+        case SyntaxKind.ModuleBlock:
+        case SyntaxKind.CaseClause:
+            return true;
+        default:
+            return false;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/cases/fourslash/fourslash.ts b/tests/cases/fourslash/fourslash.ts
index 5daa7c0b3167e..ff8fad9abff01 100644
--- a/tests/cases/fourslash/fourslash.ts
+++ b/tests/cases/fourslash/fourslash.ts
@@ -281,8 +281,8 @@ declare namespace FourSlashInterface {
         codeFixDiagnosticsAvailableAtMarkers(markerNames: string[], diagnosticCode?: number): void;
         applicableRefactorAvailableForRange(): void;
 
-        refactorAvailable(name: string, actionName?: string, actionDescription?: string): void;
-        refactorAvailableForTriggerReason(triggerReason: RefactorTriggerReason, name: string, action?: string): void;
+        refactorAvailable(name: string, actionName?: string, actionDescription?: string, kind?: string, preferences?: {}, includeInteractiveActions?: boolean): void;
+        refactorAvailableForTriggerReason(triggerReason: RefactorTriggerReason, name: string, action?: string, actionDescription?: string, kind?: string, preferences?: {}, includeInteractiveActions?: boolean): void;
         refactorKindAvailable(refactorKind: string, expected: string[], preferences?: {}): void;
     }
     class verify extends verifyNegatable {
diff --git a/tests/cases/fourslash/moveToFile_refactorAvailable1.ts b/tests/cases/fourslash/moveToFile_refactorAvailable1.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3681be5cf49b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/fourslash/moveToFile_refactorAvailable1.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/// <reference path='fourslash.ts' />
+
+////namespace ns {
+////    /*a*/export function fn() {
+////    }
+////    fn();
+////    /*b*/
+////}
+
+goTo.select("a", "b");
+verify.not.refactorAvailable("Move to file",
+/*actionName*/ undefined,
+/*actionDescription*/ undefined,
+/*kind*/ undefined,
+{
+    allowTextChangesInNewFiles : true
+},
+/*includeInteractiveActions*/ true);
diff --git a/tests/cases/fourslash/moveToFile_refactorAvailable2.ts b/tests/cases/fourslash/moveToFile_refactorAvailable2.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7353c76cb0cff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/fourslash/moveToFile_refactorAvailable2.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/// <reference path='fourslash.ts' />
+
+/////*a*/
+////namespace ns {
+////    export function fn() {
+////    }
+////    fn();
+////}
+/////*b*/
+
+goTo.select("a", "b");
+verify.refactorAvailable("Move to file",
+/*actionName*/ undefined,
+/*actionDescription*/ undefined,
+/*kind*/ undefined,
+{
+    allowTextChangesInNewFiles : true
+},
+/*includeInteractiveActions*/ true);
+