diff --git a/static/js/components/SidebarManager.js b/static/js/components/SidebarManager.js
index f1933d69..5ecdcc20 100644
--- a/static/js/components/SidebarManager.js
+++ b/static/js/components/SidebarManager.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { bulkManager } from '../managers/BulkManager.js';
 import { showToast } from '../utils/uiHelpers.js';
 import { performFolderUpdateCheck } from '../utils/updateCheckHelpers.js';
 import { escapeHtml, escapeAttribute } from './shared/utils.js';
+import { MODEL_CARD_DRAG_MIME_TYPE } from '../utils/constants.js';
 
 export class SidebarManager {
     constructor() {
@@ -252,6 +253,9 @@ export class SidebarManager {
         if (dataTransfer) {
             dataTransfer.effectAllowed = 'move';
             dataTransfer.setData('text/plain', filePaths.join(','));
+            // Tag the drag as an internal card drag so preview-drop handlers on
+            // other cards ignore it (no highlight, no preview replacement).
+            dataTransfer.setData(MODEL_CARD_DRAG_MIME_TYPE, filePaths.join(','));
             try {
                 dataTransfer.setData('application/json', JSON.stringify({ filePaths }));
             } catch (error) {
diff --git a/static/js/components/shared/ModelCard.js b/static/js/components/shared/ModelCard.js
index f51c2741..f6252f64 100644
--- a/static/js/components/shared/ModelCard.js
+++ b/static/js/components/shared/ModelCard.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { state, getCurrentPageState } from '../../state/index.js';
 import { showModelModal } from './ModelModal.js';
 import { bulkManager } from '../../managers/BulkManager.js';
 import { modalManager } from '../../managers/ModalManager.js';
-import { NSFW_LEVELS, getBaseModelAbbreviation, getSubTypeAbbreviation, getMatureBlurThreshold, MODEL_SUBTYPE_DISPLAY_NAMES } from '../../utils/constants.js';
+import { NSFW_LEVELS, getBaseModelAbbreviation, getSubTypeAbbreviation, getMatureBlurThreshold, MODEL_SUBTYPE_DISPLAY_NAMES, MODEL_CARD_DRAG_MIME_TYPE } from '../../utils/constants.js';
 import { MODEL_TYPES } from '../../api/apiConfig.js';
 import { getModelApiClient } from '../../api/modelApiFactory.js';
 import { showDeleteModal } from '../../utils/modalUtils.js';
@@ -455,6 +455,9 @@ function showExampleAccessModal(card, modelType) {
 export function createModelCard(model, modelType) {
     const card = document.createElement('div');
     card.className = 'model-card';  // Reuse the same class for styling
+    // Always draggable (move-to-folder in the sidebar). Accidental micro-drags
+    // from click jitter are rendered harmless by the preview-drop handlers
+    // below, which ignore internal card drags via MODEL_CARD_DRAG_MIME_TYPE.
     card.draggable = true;
     card.dataset.sha256 = model.sha256;
     card.dataset.filepath = model.file_path;
@@ -647,7 +650,7 @@ export function createModelCard(model, modelType) {
         <div class="card-preview ${shouldBlur ? 'blurred' : ''}">
             ${isVideo ?
             `<video ${videoAttrs.join(' ')} style="pointer-events: none;"></video>` :
-            `<img src="${versionedPreviewUrl}" alt="${model.model_name}" onerror="this.onerror=null; this.src='/loras_static/images/no-preview.png'">`
+            `<img draggable="false" src="${versionedPreviewUrl}" alt="${model.model_name}" onerror="this.onerror=null; this.src='/loras_static/images/no-preview.png'">`
         }
             <div class="card-header">
                 ${shouldBlur ?
@@ -741,6 +744,11 @@ export function createModelCard(model, modelType) {
 
     // Dropping an image/video onto the card replaces the model preview via the
     // existing replace-preview endpoint (overwrites file on disk, refreshes card).
+    // Internal card drags (move-to-folder) are tagged with a custom MIME type by
+    // SidebarManager and must be ignored here entirely: no highlight, no upload.
+    const isInternalCardDrag = (event) =>
+        Boolean(event.dataTransfer?.types?.includes(MODEL_CARD_DRAG_MIME_TYPE));
+
     const preventDragDefaults = (event) => {
         event.preventDefault();
         event.stopPropagation();
@@ -748,17 +756,20 @@ export function createModelCard(model, modelType) {
 
     ['dragenter', 'dragover'].forEach((eventName) => {
         card.addEventListener(eventName, (event) => {
+            if (isInternalCardDrag(event)) return;
             preventDragDefaults(event);
             card.classList.add('drag-over');
         });
     });
 
     card.addEventListener('dragleave', (event) => {
+        if (isInternalCardDrag(event)) return;
         preventDragDefaults(event);
         card.classList.remove('drag-over');
     });
 
     card.addEventListener('drop', (event) => {
+        if (isInternalCardDrag(event)) return;
         preventDragDefaults(event);
         card.classList.remove('drag-over');
 
diff --git a/static/js/utils/constants.js b/static/js/utils/constants.js
index c191ee3a..97f83b17 100644
--- a/static/js/utils/constants.js
+++ b/static/js/utils/constants.js
@@ -87,6 +87,10 @@ export const BASE_MODELS = {
     UNKNOWN: "Other"
 };
 
+// Custom dataTransfer MIME type tagging internal model-card drags (move-to-folder).
+// Preview-drop handlers use it to ignore drags that did not come from the OS file system.
+export const MODEL_CARD_DRAG_MIME_TYPE = 'application/x-lora-manager-model-card';
+
 // Model sub-type display names (new canonical field: sub_type)
 export const MODEL_SUBTYPE_DISPLAY_NAMES = {
     // LoRA sub-types
diff --git a/tests/frontend/components/modelCard.previewDrop.test.js b/tests/frontend/components/modelCard.previewDrop.test.js
index 10c9b515..504e98b4 100644
--- a/tests/frontend/components/modelCard.previewDrop.test.js
+++ b/tests/frontend/components/modelCard.previewDrop.test.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach } from 'vitest';
+import { MODEL_CARD_DRAG_MIME_TYPE } from '../../../static/js/utils/constants.js';
 
 const {
   MODEL_CARD_MODULE,
@@ -108,9 +109,9 @@ describe('ModelCard drag & drop preview upload', () => {
     return createModelCard(model, 'loras');
   }
 
-  function dispatchDrop(card, files) {
+  function dispatchDrop(card, files, types = []) {
     const event = new Event('drop', { bubbles: true, cancelable: true });
-    Object.defineProperty(event, 'dataTransfer', { value: { files } });
+    Object.defineProperty(event, 'dataTransfer', { value: { files, types } });
     card.dispatchEvent(event);
     return event;
   }
@@ -179,4 +180,41 @@ describe('ModelCard drag & drop preview upload', () => {
     expect(event.defaultPrevented).toBe(true);
     expect(card.classList.contains('drag-over')).toBe(false);
   });
+
+  it('ignores drops tagged as internal card drags (move-to-folder)', () => {
+    const card = createCard();
+    const file = new File(['data'], 'preview.png', { type: 'image/png' });
+
+    const event = dispatchDrop(card, [file], [MODEL_CARD_DRAG_MIME_TYPE]);
+
+    expect(uploadPreviewMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(showToastMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(event.defaultPrevented).toBe(false);
+    expect(card.classList.contains('drag-over')).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('does not highlight or intercept internal card drags during dragover', () => {
+    const card = createCard();
+
+    const dragOverEvent = new Event('dragover', { bubbles: true, cancelable: true });
+    Object.defineProperty(dragOverEvent, 'dataTransfer', {
+      value: { types: [MODEL_CARD_DRAG_MIME_TYPE] },
+    });
+    card.dispatchEvent(dragOverEvent);
+
+    expect(dragOverEvent.defaultPrevented).toBe(false);
+    expect(card.classList.contains('drag-over')).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('keeps the card draggable (move-to-folder) but the preview image non-draggable', () => {
+    const card = createCard();
+
+    // The card itself must stay draggable for sidebar move-to-folder drags.
+    expect(card.draggable).toBe(true);
+    // The preview image must not start a native image drag: the browser would
+    // synthesize a File payload from it, which the drop handler would mistake
+    // for an external preview replacement.
+    const img = card.querySelector('.card-preview img');
+    expect(img.getAttribute('draggable')).toBe('false');
+  });
 });