---
id: cloud-accounts.can-storage-studio-delete-files-in-my-cloud-account
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/cloud-accounts/can-storage-studio-delete-files-in-my-cloud-account
category: "Cloud accounts"
subcategory: "Passwords, keys and privacy"
question: "Can Storage Studio delete files in my cloud account?"
alt_questions:
  - "Will Storage Studio remove files from my Google Drive?"
  - "Is it safe to give Storage Studio write access?"
  - "When does Storage Studio delete cloud files?"
  - "Deleting in the Storage Studio Finder location deletes in the cloud?"
  - "Can a transfer remove files from Dropbox?"
short_answer: "Only when you ask: moving files out of an account, syncing, deleting inside the Storage Studio Finder location, or removing duplicates you chose. Connecting, testing or removing an account never deletes anything."
tags: ["data safety", "permissions", "cloud accounts"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/cloud-accounts/what-does-removing-an-account-delete", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/cloud-accounts/does-storage-studio-see-my-whole-google-drive"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

# Can Storage Studio delete files in my cloud account?

Only when you ask it to. Files in a cloud account are changed or removed when you **move** files out of it, **sync** a folder so it matches another, **delete** a file inside the Storage Studio location in Finder, or remove duplicates you've chosen. Simply connecting an account, testing it or removing it from Storage Studio never deletes anything.

Because the Finder location is read-and-write, deleting a file there deletes it from the account. Where a provider has its own trash, items can usually be recovered from there. Choose **copy** when you want to be sure nothing at the source is touched.