---
id: external-drives.how-do-i-remove-storage-studios-folder-from-my-drive
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/external-drives/how-do-i-remove-storage-studios-folder-from-my-drive
category: "External drives"
subcategory: "Space on the drive"
question: "How do I remove Storage Studio's folder from my external drive?"
alt_questions:
  - "Delete Storage Studio files from external SSD"
  - "Stop using drive with Storage Studio"
  - "Clean the fast drive after uninstalling"
  - "storage studio folder left on drive after uninstall"
  - "Reuse my fast drive for something else"
  - "Get my moved files back before removing the folder"
short_answer: "First bring moved items back — the Uninstall wizard's Revert relocated folders option or Reset Storage Studio, with the drive connected — then delete the folder in Finder. Uninstalling alone leaves the drive's files untouched."
tags: ["uninstall", "remove folder", "reset"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/external-drives/what-happens-when-my-fast-drive-is-full", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/external-drives/does-a-moved-folder-take-the-same-space-on-the-drive", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/moving-folders/why-didnt-my-free-space-go-up-after-a-move"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

# How do I remove Storage Studio's folder from my external drive?

Bring everything back to your Mac first, then delete the folder.

1. With the drive connected, use the **Uninstall** wizard's **Revert relocated folders** option (or **Reset Storage Studio**, which puts moved items back before removing anything). Keep the drive connected — without it, nothing can be put back.
2. Check your apps and folders open from your Mac again.
3. Then delete Storage Studio's folder from the drive in Finder.

Uninstalling never touches files on the external drive on its own, so the folder stays until you remove it. Deleting it while shortcuts still point there would leave those apps and folders broken.