---
id: freeing-space.what-is-the-show-progress-button
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/freeing-space/what-is-the-show-progress-button
category: "Freeing up space"
subcategory: "Free Up Space wizard and button"
question: "How do I get back to a clean-up's progress after closing the window?"
alt_questions:
  - "Show progress button Emergency Space"
  - "Where did my Free up space progress go?"
  - "Reopen the progress of a move"
  - "I closed the window, is it still moving?"
  - "Hide button on move progress"
short_answer: "Reopen Emergency Space and press Show progress, or click the Moving… pill on the row in What's Using Space. Closing the window never stops the job, and a relaunch re-attaches to it."
tags: ["progress", "emergency space", "moving"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/freeing-space/what-does-working-out-how-long-that-will-take-mean", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/freeing-space/can-i-stop-a-clear-up-halfway"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

# How do I get back to a clean-up's progress after closing the window?

Reopen the screen you started from. In Emergency Space, a **Show progress** button takes you back to the running job. For a single move started from What's Using Space, the row shows a **Moving…** pill — click it and the progress sheet returns.

Closing or hiding the window never stops the work; moving files is a background job. If you quit and relaunch Storage Studio in the middle of a move, it re-attaches to the move automatically.

When it's done, What's Using Space shows where everything ended up. See [can I stop a clear-up halfway](https://storagestudio.us/faq/freeing-space/can-i-stop-a-clear-up-halfway) if you want to end it early.