---
id: apps.does-moving-an-app-back-keep-my-settings
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/apps/does-moving-an-app-back-keep-my-settings
category: "Apps"
subcategory: "Moving apps back"
question: "Will I lose my app's settings if I move it back?"
alt_questions:
  - "Do preferences survive move back?"
  - "App data after moving app back"
  - "Settings after returning app to Mac"
short_answer: "No. A moved app's settings and data never left your Mac, so moving the app back leaves them exactly as they were."
tags: ["move back", "app data"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/apps/does-moving-an-app-move-its-data-too", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/apps/how-do-i-restore-an-offloaded-app"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

# Will I lose my app's settings if I move it back?

No. **Move** only ever relocated the app itself — its settings and data stayed on your Mac the whole time — so moving it back changes nothing about them. The app opens just as you left it.

(For an **offloaded** app, Restore brings the app and its data back together.)