---
id: apps.how-much-space-does-moving-an-app-free
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/apps/how-much-space-does-moving-an-app-free
category: "Apps"
subcategory: "Moving apps to your fast drive"
question: "How much space does moving an app free up?"
alt_questions:
  - "Space saved by moving an app"
  - "Does Move free the full app size?"
  - "How do I know how much I'll get back?"
  - "Why did I get less space back than the app size?"
short_answer: "About the app's own size, shown on its row. Its settings and data stay on your Mac; Offload frees those too."
tags: ["space", "move app"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/apps/does-moving-an-app-move-its-data-too", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/apps/what-does-offload-do"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

# How much space does moving an app free up?

Roughly the app's own size, shown on its row in the Internal tab. The app's settings and data stay on your Mac, so they aren't counted.

To free the app **and** its data, use **Offload** instead. And if your free space doesn't seem to update straight away, macOS may still be holding the old copy in a local snapshot for a while — see [snapshots and freed space](https://storagestudio.us/faq/freeing-space/).