---
id: backups.does-data-backup-run-when-storage-studio-is-closed
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/backups/does-data-backup-run-when-storage-studio-is-closed
category: "Backups & restore points"
subcategory: "Data Backup basics"
question: "Does Data Backup run when Storage Studio is closed?"
alt_questions:
  - "Do backups keep going after I quit the app?"
  - "backup while app not running"
  - "Will my backup catch up after I reopen Storage Studio?"
  - "Does Data Backup need the app open?"
  - "backups and quitting Storage Studio"
short_answer: "Backups run while Storage Studio is running in the menu bar. If you quit, they pause; when you reopen the app it catches up, finishing unfinished backups and saving what changed meanwhile."
tags: ["catch-up", "quit", "background"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/backups/what-happens-if-a-backup-is-interrupted", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/backups/does-data-backup-run-automatically"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

# Does Data Backup run when Storage Studio is closed?

Data Backup works while Storage Studio is running — which is normally all the time, since it lives in the menu bar. If you quit it, backups pause, and nothing is lost.

When you open the app again it does a **catch-up**: it finishes any backup that didn't complete and picks up everything that changed while it was closed. A backup cut short by quitting continues from where it stopped rather than starting over.

If a backup was interrupted, the card says so — for example *"The last backup didn't finish — Storage Studio closed while it was running"* — and **Back up now** carries on straight away.