{"id":"apps.where-are-offloaded-apps-stored","url":"/faq/apps/where-are-offloaded-apps-stored","category":{"id":"apps","title":"Apps"},"subcategory":{"id":"offloading","title":"Offloading and restoring apps"},"question":"Where are offloaded apps stored?","alt_questions":["Location of offloaded apps on external drive","Find offloaded archive","How much space do offloaded apps use?"],"short_answer":"In the Storage Studio folder on your fast drive. The Offloaded tab lists each archive, when it was made and the total space used.","answer_markdown":"In the Storage Studio folder on your fast drive. The **Offloaded** tab lists every archived app with when it was offloaded and how many items it holds, and shows the total space they use on the drive.\n\nManage them only from that tab — Restore or Remove — rather than editing the folder by hand.","answer_html":"

In the Storage Studio folder on your fast drive. The Offloaded tab lists every archived app with when it was offloaded and how many items it holds, and shows the total space they use on the drive.

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Manage them only from that tab — Restore or Remove — rather than editing the folder by hand.

","answer_text":"In the Storage Studio folder on your fast drive. The Offloaded tab lists every archived app with when it was offloaded and how many items it holds, and shows the total space they use on the drive.\n\nManage them only from that tab — Restore or Remove — rather than editing the folder by hand.","tags":["offload","external drive"],"related":[{"id":"apps.what-does-remove-do-in-the-offloaded-tab","question":"What does Remove do on the Offloaded tab?","url":"/faq/apps/what-does-remove-do-in-the-offloaded-tab"},{"id":"apps.how-do-i-restore-an-offloaded-app","question":"How do I restore an app I offloaded?","url":"/faq/apps/how-do-i-restore-an-offloaded-app"}],"applies_to":"all","last_reviewed":"2026-10-01","title":"Where are offloaded apps stored? — Storage Studio FAQ","description":"In the Storage Studio folder on your fast drive. The Offloaded tab lists each archive, when it was made and the total space used.","crumbs":[{"name":"Home","path":"/"},{"name":"FAQ","path":"/faq/"},{"name":"Apps","path":"/faq/apps/"},{"name":"Where are offloaded apps stored?","path":"/faq/apps/where-are-offloaded-apps-stored"}],"jsonld":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","url":"https://storagestudio.us/faq/apps/where-are-offloaded-apps-stored","inLanguage":"en","dateModified":"2026-10-01","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Where are offloaded apps stored?","alternateName":["Location of offloaded apps on external drive","Find offloaded archive","How much space do offloaded apps use?"],"acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"In the Storage Studio folder on your fast drive. The Offloaded tab lists every archived app with when it was offloaded and how many items it holds, and shows the total space they use on the drive.\n\nManage them only from that tab — Restore or Remove — rather than editing the folder by hand.","url":"https://storagestudio.us/faq/apps/where-are-offloaded-apps-stored"}}]},"fragment":"
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Apps · Offloading and restoring apps

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Where are offloaded apps stored?

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Short answer: In the Storage Studio folder on your fast drive. The Offloaded tab lists each archive, when it was made and the total space used.

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In the Storage Studio folder on your fast drive. The Offloaded tab lists every archived app with when it was offloaded and how many items it holds, and shows the total space they use on the drive.

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Manage them only from that tab — Restore or Remove — rather than editing the folder by hand.

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