---
id: cloud-accounts.does-removing-an-account-delete-its-password
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/cloud-accounts/does-removing-an-account-delete-its-password
category: "Cloud accounts"
subcategory: "Passwords, keys and privacy"
question: "When I remove an account, is its saved password or key deleted too?"
alt_questions:
  - "Remove account clears stored secret?"
  - "Delete saved S3 keys from Storage Studio"
  - "Forget my FTP password in Storage Studio"
  - "Wipe credentials from Mac Storage Studio"
short_answer: "Yes. Removing an account deletes its saved connection and its stored secret from your Mac in the same step. An SFTP key file stays where you keep it, and nothing in the cloud or on the server is deleted."
tags: ["credentials", "remove account", "privacy"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/cloud-accounts/how-do-i-remove-a-cloud-account", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/cloud-accounts/where-are-my-cloud-passwords-and-keys-stored"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

# When I remove an account, is its saved password or key deleted too?

Yes. Removing an account deletes its saved connection and its stored secret — the bucket storage secret key, FTP or SFTP password, or key passphrase — from your Mac in the same step.

An SFTP private key file you chose stays wherever you keep it; Storage Studio only remembered where it was. Removing the account never deletes anything in the cloud or on your server.