{"id":"cloud-accounts.how-do-i-remove-a-cloud-account","url":"/faq/cloud-accounts/how-do-i-remove-a-cloud-account","category":{"id":"cloud-accounts","title":"Cloud accounts"},"subcategory":{"id":"managing-accounts","title":"Testing, editing and removing accounts"},"question":"How do I remove a cloud account from Storage Studio?","alt_questions":["Disconnect Google Drive from Storage Studio","Delete a cloud account in Storage Studio","Remove my Dropbox account","Sign out of a cloud account","Unlink S3 from Storage Studio","Remove account button"],"short_answer":"Select the account in Cloud Accounts and click Remove. If transfers use it, Storage Studio lists them and offers to remove them too. Your files in the cloud stay untouched, and the stored secret is deleted from your Mac.","answer_markdown":"Open **Cloud Accounts**, select the account, and click **Remove**. Storage Studio first checks whether any scheduled or one-off transfers use it; if they do, it lists them and offers to remove the account and those transfers together, so nothing is left pointing at an account that's gone.\n\nRemoving only disconnects Storage Studio. Your files stay in the cloud, untouched, and you can add the account again later. The account's stored secret is deleted from your Mac in the same step. See [what removing deletes](/faq/cloud-accounts/what-does-removing-an-account-delete).","answer_html":"

Open Cloud Accounts, select the account, and click Remove. Storage Studio first checks whether any scheduled or one-off transfers use it; if they do, it lists them and offers to remove the account and those transfers together, so nothing is left pointing at an account that's gone.

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Removing only disconnects Storage Studio. Your files stay in the cloud, untouched, and you can add the account again later. The account's stored secret is deleted from your Mac in the same step. See what removing deletes.

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Cloud accounts · Testing, editing and removing accounts

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How do I remove a cloud account from Storage Studio?

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Short answer: Select the account in Cloud Accounts and click Remove. If transfers use it, Storage Studio lists them and offers to remove them too. Your files in the cloud stay untouched, and the stored secret is deleted from your Mac.

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Open Cloud Accounts, select the account, and click Remove. Storage Studio first checks whether any scheduled or one-off transfers use it; if they do, it lists them and offers to remove the account and those transfers together, so nothing is left pointing at an account that's gone.

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Removing only disconnects Storage Studio. Your files stay in the cloud, untouched, and you can add the account again later. The account's stored secret is deleted from your Mac in the same step. See what removing deletes.

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