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id: apps.how-much-space-does-offloading-free
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/apps/how-much-space-does-offloading-free
category: "Apps"
subcategory: "Offloading and restoring apps"
question: "How much space does offloading an app free?"
alt_questions:
  - "Space saved by offloading"
  - "Offload frees app and data size"
  - "Why does offload free more than move?"
short_answer: "The app's size plus its data, because both leave your built-in drive — more than Move, which relocates only the app."
tags: ["offload", "space"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/apps/what-is-the-difference-between-move-and-offload", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/apps/how-much-space-does-moving-an-app-free"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

# How much space does offloading an app free?

The app's size **plus** its data — support files, caches and the like — because both leave your built-in drive. That's why Offload frees more than Move, which only relocates the app.

If macOS protected a few items and they had to stay, those aren't counted. The Offloaded tab shows how much space each archive uses on the drive.