{"id":"cloud-accounts.what-does-removing-an-account-delete","url":"/faq/cloud-accounts/what-does-removing-an-account-delete","category":{"id":"cloud-accounts","title":"Cloud accounts"},"subcategory":{"id":"managing-accounts","title":"Testing, editing and removing accounts"},"question":"Does removing a cloud account delete my files in the cloud?","alt_questions":["Is removing an account destructive?","What happens to my data when I remove an account?","Remove cloud account — are my files safe?","Disconnecting S3 deletes bucket?"],"short_answer":"No. Removing an account only disconnects Storage Studio. Your cloud files stay where they are. What goes is the saved connection and its stored secret on your Mac, plus any transfers using it if you agree.","answer_markdown":"No. Removing an account only disconnects it from Storage Studio. Everything you stored in Google Drive, Dropbox, your bucket or your server stays exactly where it is, and you can add the account again later.\n\nWhat is removed: the account's saved connection and its stored secret on your Mac, plus — only if you agree — any transfers that used the account. Files you copied or moved to your Mac or external drive also stay where they are.","answer_html":"

No. Removing an account only disconnects it from Storage Studio. Everything you stored in Google Drive, Dropbox, your bucket or your server stays exactly where it is, and you can add the account again later.

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What is removed: the account's saved connection and its stored secret on your Mac, plus — only if you agree — any transfers that used the account. Files you copied or moved to your Mac or external drive also stay where they are.

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Cloud accounts · Testing, editing and removing accounts

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Does removing a cloud account delete my files in the cloud?

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Short answer: No. Removing an account only disconnects Storage Studio. Your cloud files stay where they are. What goes is the saved connection and its stored secret on your Mac, plus any transfers using it if you agree.

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No. Removing an account only disconnects it from Storage Studio. Everything you stored in Google Drive, Dropbox, your bucket or your server stays exactly where it is, and you can add the account again later.

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What is removed: the account's saved connection and its stored secret on your Mac, plus — only if you agree — any transfers that used the account. Files you copied or moved to your Mac or external drive also stay where they are.

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