Finding things in Finder · Storage Studio in Finder's sidebar
Why can't I change or delete anything in the Home folder inside the Storage Studio location?
Short answer: On purpose: Home is your external drive's working folder, holding relocated apps, folders and settings. It's read-only so nothing breaks by accident; manage those items with Move back, Restore or Remove in the app.
That's deliberate. The Home folder is your external drive's working folder, which holds your relocated apps and folders and Storage Studio's own settings. Changing or deleting files there by hand could break a relocated app or leave a shortcut pointing at nothing, so it's shown read-only — you can browse it, but you can't damage it by accident.
Manage those items from the app instead:
- Move back in What's Using Space → Relocated (N), or the Apps window's Moved tab.
- Restore or Remove in the Apps window's Offloaded tab.
Your cloud account folders next to it are fully editable.