---
id: apps.does-offload-include-my-app-data-and-settings
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/apps/does-offload-include-my-app-data-and-settings
category: "Apps"
subcategory: "Offloading and restoring apps"
question: "Does offloading include my app's settings and data?"
alt_questions:
  - "Will I lose app settings if I offload?"
  - "Offload app with data"
  - "What data does Offload archive?"
  - "Preferences after restoring offloaded app"
short_answer: "Yes. Offload archives the app together with its data, and Restore brings both back. Documents you saved elsewhere aren't touched."
tags: ["offload", "app data"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/apps/why-was-some-data-left-behind-when-i-offloaded-an-app", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/apps/what-does-offload-do"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

# Does offloading include my app's settings and data?

Yes. Offload archives the app **and** its data — such as its support files, preferences and caches — and Restore puts them back together, so the app opens as you left it.

A few items that macOS itself protects may have to stay in place on your Mac; if so, Storage Studio tells you when the offload finishes. Documents you saved elsewhere, such as in Documents or iCloud Drive, aren't touched.