---
id: data-transfers.remove-vs-cancel
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/data-transfers/remove-vs-cancel
category: "Data Transfers"
subcategory: "Progress, pausing and history"
question: "What's the difference between Cancel and Remove on a transfer?"
alt_questions:
  - "cancel or remove transfer"
  - "Remove button data transfers"
  - "delete a transfer from the list"
  - "why can't I remove a running transfer"
  - "remove transfer greyed out"
short_answer: "Cancel stops an active transfer and keeps its entry as Canceled; Remove deletes a finished, failed or cancelled entry from the list. Neither deletes transferred files. Removing a schedule's original entry stops it."
tags: ["cancel", "remove", "list"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/data-transfers/what-happens-when-i-cancel", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/data-transfers/stop-a-scheduled-transfer", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/data-transfers/clear-completed-transfers"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

# What's the difference between Cancel and Remove on a transfer?

**Cancel** stops a transfer that's running, queued, paused or waiting for the drive. The entry stays in the list, marked Canceled, so you can see what happened.

**Remove** deletes an entry from the list. It only appears once a transfer has finished, failed or been cancelled — to remove a running one, cancel it first.

Neither one deletes files you've already transferred. Removing the original entry of a scheduled transfer also stops its schedule.

Related: [What happens when I cancel?](https://storagestudio.us/faq/data-transfers/what-happens-when-i-cancel) · [Stop a scheduled transfer](https://storagestudio.us/faq/data-transfers/stop-a-scheduled-transfer)