{"id":"finder-location.delete-a-file-in-the-storage-studio-location","url":"/faq/finder-location/delete-a-file-in-the-storage-studio-location","category":{"id":"finder-location","title":"Finding things in Finder"},"subcategory":{"id":"cloud-drive-in-finder","title":"Storage Studio in Finder's sidebar"},"question":"If I delete a file in the Storage Studio location, is it deleted from my cloud account too?","alt_questions":["Deleting from Storage Studio drive deletes from Dropbox?","Does removing a file in Finder remove it from the cloud?","delete cloud file from finder storage studio","Can I get back a file I deleted in the cloud drive?","Is the cloud drive just a copy?"],"short_answer":"Yes — the folders are your accounts, not copies, so deleting there deletes from the account. Some services keep deleted files in their own trash and some don't; check the provider's website to recover.","answer_markdown":"Yes. The folders in the **Storage Studio** location are your accounts themselves, not copies, so deleting a file there deletes it from that account.\n\nWhether you can get it back depends on the service: some keep deleted files in their own trash for a while, others remove them for good. Check the provider's website if you need to recover something.\n\nIf you only want to free space on your Mac, don't delete — files in the location stay online-only until you open them, so they take essentially no local space anyway.","answer_html":"

Yes. The folders in the Storage Studio location are your accounts themselves, not copies, so deleting a file there deletes it from that account.

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Whether you can get it back depends on the service: some keep deleted files in their own trash for a while, others remove them for good. Check the provider's website if you need to recover something.

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If you only want to free space on your Mac, don't delete — files in the location stay online-only until you open them, so they take essentially no local space anyway.

","answer_text":"Yes. The folders in the Storage Studio location are your accounts themselves, not copies, so deleting a file there deletes it from that account.\n\nWhether you can get it back depends on the service: some keep deleted files in their own trash for a while, others remove them for good. Check the provider's website if you need to recover something.\n\nIf you only want to free space on your Mac, don't delete — files in the location stay online-only until you open them, so they take essentially no local space anyway.","tags":["delete","cloud drive","recovery"],"related":[{"id":"finder-location.can-i-edit-files-in-the-storage-studio-location","question":"Can I edit and rename files in my cloud accounts directly from Finder?","url":"/faq/finder-location/can-i-edit-files-in-the-storage-studio-location"},{"id":"finder-location.why-are-files-in-the-storage-studio-location-online-only","question":"Why do files in the Storage Studio location show as online-only, and do they use space on my Mac?","url":"/faq/finder-location/why-are-files-in-the-storage-studio-location-online-only"},{"id":"finder-location.copy-files-into-a-cloud-account-from-finder","question":"Can I upload files to a cloud account by dragging them into the Storage Studio location?","url":"/faq/finder-location/copy-files-into-a-cloud-account-from-finder"}],"applies_to":"all","last_reviewed":"2026-10-01","title":"If I delete a file in the Storage Studio location, is it deleted from my cloud account too? — Storage Studio FAQ","description":"Yes — the folders are your accounts, not copies, so deleting there deletes from the account. Some services keep deleted files in their own trash and some don't; check the provider's website to recover.","crumbs":[{"name":"Home","path":"/"},{"name":"FAQ","path":"/faq/"},{"name":"Finding things in Finder","path":"/faq/finder-location/"},{"name":"If I delete a file in the Storage Studio location, is it deleted from my cloud account too?","path":"/faq/finder-location/delete-a-file-in-the-storage-studio-location"}],"jsonld":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","url":"https://storagestudio.us/faq/finder-location/delete-a-file-in-the-storage-studio-location","inLanguage":"en","dateModified":"2026-10-01","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"If I delete a file in the Storage Studio location, is it deleted from my cloud account too?","alternateName":["Deleting from Storage Studio drive deletes from Dropbox?","Does removing a file in Finder remove it from the cloud?","delete cloud file from finder storage studio","Can I get back a file I deleted in the cloud drive?","Is the cloud drive just a copy?"],"acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Yes. The folders in the Storage Studio location are your accounts themselves, not copies, so deleting a file there deletes it from that account.\n\nWhether you can get it back depends on the service: some keep deleted files in their own trash for a while, others remove them for good. Check the provider's website if you need to recover something.\n\nIf you only want to free space on your Mac, don't delete — files in the location stay online-only until you open them, so they take essentially no local space anyway.","url":"https://storagestudio.us/faq/finder-location/delete-a-file-in-the-storage-studio-location"}}]},"fragment":"
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Finding things in Finder · Storage Studio in Finder's sidebar

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If I delete a file in the Storage Studio location, is it deleted from my cloud account too?

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Short answer: Yes — the folders are your accounts, not copies, so deleting there deletes from the account. Some services keep deleted files in their own trash and some don't; check the provider's website to recover.

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Yes. The folders in the Storage Studio location are your accounts themselves, not copies, so deleting a file there deletes it from that account.

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Whether you can get it back depends on the service: some keep deleted files in their own trash for a while, others remove them for good. Check the provider's website if you need to recover something.

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If you only want to free space on your Mac, don't delete — files in the location stay online-only until you open them, so they take essentially no local space anyway.

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