{"id":"data-transfers.what-happens-when-i-cancel","url":"/faq/data-transfers/what-happens-when-i-cancel","category":{"id":"data-transfers","title":"Data Transfers"},"subcategory":{"id":"progress-and-control","title":"Progress, pausing and history"},"question":"What happens to my files when I cancel a transfer?","alt_questions":["cancel transfer storage studio","does cancel undo a transfer","cancelled sync half done","what's left after cancelling a copy","cancel a large download keeps progress?"],"short_answer":"Cancelling stops the transfer without undoing it: finished files stay at the destination and untouched files stay at the source. A cancelled Move never leaves a file in neither place, and large downloads keep their fetched pieces.","answer_markdown":"Cancelling stops the transfer where it is. It doesn't undo anything: files that had already finished stay at the destination, and nothing that hadn't been sent is touched at the source. For a **Move**, originals are only removed after their copy is checked, so a cancelled Move leaves every file in one place or the other.\n\nFor a large single-file download, the pieces already fetched are kept after cancelling, so starting the same download again doesn't throw that work away.\n\nA cancelled transfer stays in the list (marked Canceled) until you **Remove** it or use **Clear completed**.\n\nRelated: [Pause and resume](/faq/data-transfers/pause-and-resume-a-transfer) · [Is Move safe?](/faq/data-transfers/is-move-safe)","answer_html":"

Cancelling stops the transfer where it is. It doesn't undo anything: files that had already finished stay at the destination, and nothing that hadn't been sent is touched at the source. For a Move, originals are only removed after their copy is checked, so a cancelled Move leaves every file in one place or the other.

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For a large single-file download, the pieces already fetched are kept after cancelling, so starting the same download again doesn't throw that work away.

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A cancelled transfer stays in the list (marked Canceled) until you Remove it or use Clear completed.

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Related: Pause and resume · Is Move safe?

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Data Transfers · Progress, pausing and history

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What happens to my files when I cancel a transfer?

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Short answer: Cancelling stops the transfer without undoing it: finished files stay at the destination and untouched files stay at the source. A cancelled Move never leaves a file in neither place, and large downloads keep their fetched pieces.

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Cancelling stops the transfer where it is. It doesn't undo anything: files that had already finished stay at the destination, and nothing that hadn't been sent is touched at the source. For a Move, originals are only removed after their copy is checked, so a cancelled Move leaves every file in one place or the other.

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For a large single-file download, the pieces already fetched are kept after cancelling, so starting the same download again doesn't throw that work away.

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A cancelled transfer stays in the list (marked Canceled) until you Remove it or use Clear completed.

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Related: Pause and resume · Is Move safe?

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