{"id":"cloud-accounts.remove-account-and-links-meaning","url":"/faq/cloud-accounts/remove-account-and-links-meaning","category":{"id":"cloud-accounts","title":"Cloud accounts"},"subcategory":{"id":"managing-accounts","title":"Testing, editing and removing accounts"},"question":"What does \"Remove account + links\" mean when I remove an account?","alt_questions":["Remove account + 2 links Storage Studio","Why does removing an account mention links?","Transfers using this account will be removed","Remove account and its transfers","What are links when removing an account?"],"short_answer":"Some transfers or schedules use this account. Storage Studio offers to remove them together with the account so nothing keeps pointing at an account that's gone. Cancel first if you want to repoint a transfer to another account.","answer_markdown":"It means some of your transfers or schedules use this account. Storage Studio offers to remove the account **and** those transfers together, so no scheduled job is left trying to reach an account that no longer exists.\n\nThe button shows how many, for example **Remove account + 2 links**. If you'd rather keep a transfer, click **Cancel**, change that transfer to use a different account in Data Transfers, and then remove the account. Removing the links never touches your files in the cloud or on your Mac.","answer_html":"

It means some of your transfers or schedules use this account. Storage Studio offers to remove the account and those transfers together, so no scheduled job is left trying to reach an account that no longer exists.

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The button shows how many, for example Remove account + 2 links. If you'd rather keep a transfer, click Cancel, change that transfer to use a different account in Data Transfers, and then remove the account. Removing the links never touches your files in the cloud or on your Mac.

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Cloud accounts · Testing, editing and removing accounts

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What does "Remove account + links" mean when I remove an account?

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Short answer: Some transfers or schedules use this account. Storage Studio offers to remove them together with the account so nothing keeps pointing at an account that's gone. Cancel first if you want to repoint a transfer to another account.

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It means some of your transfers or schedules use this account. Storage Studio offers to remove the account and those transfers together, so no scheduled job is left trying to reach an account that no longer exists.

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The button shows how many, for example Remove account + 2 links. If you'd rather keep a transfer, click Cancel, change that transfer to use a different account in Data Transfers, and then remove the account. Removing the links never touches your files in the cloud or on your Mac.

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