---
id: cloud-accounts.can-i-pick-which-account-to-use-per-transfer
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/cloud-accounts/can-i-pick-which-account-to-use-per-transfer
category: "Cloud accounts"
subcategory: "Using your accounts"
question: "If I have several accounts, how do I choose which one a transfer uses?"
alt_questions:
  - "Choose between work and personal Google Drive for a transfer"
  - "Pick a specific cloud account in New Transfer"
  - "Multiple accounts which one is used?"
  - "Select destination account Storage Studio"
  - "Transfer to a particular Dropbox account"
short_answer: "Every transfer points at the account you choose by nickname in New Transfer's source and destination lists. Accounts are signed in separately, so a transfer to work-drive never touches personal-drive."
tags: ["transfers", "multiple accounts", "nickname"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/cloud-accounts/what-nickname-should-i-give-a-cloud-account", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/cloud-accounts/can-i-add-more-than-one-google-drive-account"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

# If I have several accounts, how do I choose which one a transfer uses?

Each transfer names the account it uses. In **New Transfer**, pick the account by its nickname from the source or destination list — that's why giving each account a distinct nickname like `work-drive` or `personal-drive` helps.

Every account is signed in separately, so a transfer to `work-drive` never touches `personal-drive`. Schedules and Data Backup sets work the same way: each one points at the account you chose.