---
id: icloud.does-run-tuhi-touch-my-photos-library
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/icloud/does-run-tuhi-touch-my-photos-library
category: "iCloud & iCloud Photos"
subcategory: "iCloud Photos and the Photos library"
question: "Does Run Tuhi or Free Up Space touch my Photos library?"
alt_questions:
  - "Will Smart Care delete my photos?"
  - "Run Tuhi Photos library"
  - "Does Storage Studio clean Photos?"
  - "Is my photo library safe with Free Up Space?"
  - "Storage Studio iCloud Photos changes"
short_answer: "No. Run Tuhi's cloud step works on cloud folders like iCloud Drive, not the Photos library, and Free Up Space's rules leave the library to Photos. Use Photos' own Optimize Mac Storage to save space there."
tags: ["run tuhi", "photos library", "safety"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/icloud/does-run-tuhi-make-icloud-files-online-only", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/icloud/how-do-i-reduce-the-space-icloud-photos-uses-on-my-mac"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

# Does Run Tuhi or Free Up Space touch my Photos library?

No. Run Tuhi's **Keeping cloud files online-only** step works on cloud folders like iCloud Drive, and the Photos library isn't one of them — it's managed by Photos and iCloud Photos. Free Up Space's rules don't relocate it either; Storage Studio deliberately leaves the library to Photos.

Nothing personal is deleted by Run Tuhi: it clears rebuildable caches, reclaims old local snapshots, and makes large downloaded cloud files online-only.

To save space in Photos, use its own **Optimize Mac Storage** setting. See [reducing the space iCloud Photos uses](https://storagestudio.us/faq/icloud/how-do-i-reduce-the-space-icloud-photos-uses-on-my-mac).