---
id: finder-location.delete-a-file-in-the-storage-studio-location
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/finder-location/delete-a-file-in-the-storage-studio-location
category: "Finding things in Finder"
subcategory: "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."
tags: ["delete", "cloud drive", "recovery"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/finder-location/can-i-edit-files-in-the-storage-studio-location", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/finder-location/why-are-files-in-the-storage-studio-location-online-only", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/finder-location/copy-files-into-a-cloud-account-from-finder"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

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

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

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.

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.