---
id: freeing-space.what-is-the-free-up-space-progress-sheet
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/freeing-space/what-is-the-free-up-space-progress-sheet
category: "Freeing up space"
subcategory: "Free Up Space wizard and button"
question: "What does the Free Up Space progress sheet show while it runs?"
alt_questions:
  - "Free Up Space view live progress"
  - "Streaming progress Free Up Space"
  - "What is Free Up Space doing right now?"
  - "Free Up Space log while running"
  - "Live progress popover"
short_answer: "It streams the run as it happens — the step, folders being moved and caches being cleaned. Open it from Free Up Space — view live progress; closing it doesn't stop the run."
tags: ["free up space", "progress", "popover"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/freeing-space/what-does-free-up-space-now-do", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/freeing-space/what-does-the-free-up-space-result-banner-mean"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

# What does the Free Up Space progress sheet show while it runs?

It streams what the run is doing as it happens: which step it's on, the folders being moved to your fast drive and the caches being cleaned, so you can follow along. Open it by clicking **Free Up Space — view live progress** in the popover while a run is going.

You don't have to keep it open — close it and the run continues. When it finishes, the popover shows a coloured result banner summarising what was freed. See [what the result banner means](https://storagestudio.us/faq/freeing-space/what-does-the-free-up-space-result-banner-mean).