---
id: getting-started.how-do-i-see-the-activity-log
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/getting-started/how-do-i-see-the-activity-log
category: "Getting started"
subcategory: "Finding your way around"
question: "How do I see a log of what Storage Studio has done?"
alt_questions:
  - "Storage Studio Activity Log"
  - "Storage Studio history of actions"
  - "What did Storage Studio move last night?"
  - "Storage Studio log window"
  - "See Storage Studio's recent activity"
short_answer: "Open More → Background Activity… for a plain-English card per background job, or More → Activity Log… for the detailed log. In the Advanced popover, ⌘L opens the Log window."
tags: ["log", "activity", "history"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/getting-started/what-is-the-live-status-line"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

# How do I see a log of what Storage Studio has done?

There are two views, depending on how much detail you want:

- **More → Background Activity…** — the plain-English view: one card per kind of background job, when it last ran, a health pill and any issues explained simply.
- **More → Activity Log…** — the detailed log of recent activity.

For what a specific clean-up removed, open the result of that run, which lists exactly what was cleared. In the Advanced view, **⌘L** opens the Log window from the popover.