{"id":"delta-drive.can-i-switch-between-delta-drive-and-my-drive","url":"/faq/delta-drive/can-i-switch-between-delta-drive-and-my-drive","category":{"id":"delta-drive","title":"Delta Drive, Delta Trust & My Drive"},"subcategory":{"id":"my-drive","title":"My Drive — storage you own"},"question":"Can I switch between Delta Drive and My Drive?","alt_questions":["Switch back to Delta Drive","Does switching drives copy my files?","Move from My Drive to Delta Drive","Use both Delta Drive and My Drive"],"short_answer":"Yes. Make another drive active from the Viewing picker or Storage — it asks first, and if anything fails the switch is undone. Nothing is copied or deleted, and your Macs and the website follow the active drive.","answer_markdown":"Yes. Your **active drive** — Delta Drive or a My Drive on storage you own — is the one your Macs, Finder and the website use. To change it, click **Viewing:** at the top of the Delta Drive window and choose **Make** *drive* **my active drive…**, or use **Storage**. It always asks first, then pauses work on the old drive, connects, updates Finder and loads your files; if any step fails, the whole switch is undone.\n\nSwitching copies nothing and loses nothing. Each drive keeps its own files, search, settings and history, and switching back finds everything as you left it. Your synced and linked folders, and your other Macs, follow the active drive.\n\nSee [viewing a drive without switching](/faq/delta-drive/can-i-view-delta-drive-in-a-browser-while-my-mac-uses-my-drive).","answer_html":"

Yes. Your active drive — Delta Drive or a My Drive on storage you own — is the one your Macs, Finder and the website use. To change it, click Viewing: at the top of the Delta Drive window and choose Make drive my active drive…, or use Storage. It always asks first, then pauses work on the old drive, connects, updates Finder and loads your files; if any step fails, the whole switch is undone.

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Switching copies nothing and loses nothing. Each drive keeps its own files, search, settings and history, and switching back finds everything as you left it. Your synced and linked folders, and your other Macs, follow the active drive.

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See viewing a drive without switching.

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Can I switch between Delta Drive and My Drive?

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Short answer: Yes. Make another drive active from the Viewing picker or Storage — it asks first, and if anything fails the switch is undone. Nothing is copied or deleted, and your Macs and the website follow the active drive.

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Yes. Your active drive — Delta Drive or a My Drive on storage you own — is the one your Macs, Finder and the website use. To change it, click Viewing: at the top of the Delta Drive window and choose Make drive my active drive…, or use Storage. It always asks first, then pauses work on the old drive, connects, updates Finder and loads your files; if any step fails, the whole switch is undone.

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Switching copies nothing and loses nothing. Each drive keeps its own files, search, settings and history, and switching back finds everything as you left it. Your synced and linked folders, and your other Macs, follow the active drive.

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See viewing a drive without switching.

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