---
id: icloud.does-storage-studio-ask-before-freeing-icloud-files
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/icloud/does-storage-studio-ask-before-freeing-icloud-files
category: "iCloud & iCloud Photos"
subcategory: "Storage Studio and iCloud"
question: "Does Storage Studio ask before making my iCloud files online-only?"
alt_questions:
  - "Confirmation before evicting iCloud"
  - "Optimise iCloud locally confirmation"
  - "Will Storage Studio free iCloud files without asking?"
  - "Does Run Tuhi confirm cloud step?"
  - "Warning before Optimize Cloud Storage"
short_answer: "Optimize Cloud Storage shows a confirmation first, and Free up acts only on the file you tap. Run Tuhi's cloud step runs as part of the one-tap routine — safe because online-only never deletes anything."
tags: ["confirmation", "run tuhi", "optimize cloud storage"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/icloud/does-run-tuhi-make-icloud-files-online-only", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/freeing-space/what-does-the-storage-profile-free-up-button-do"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

# Does Storage Studio ask before making my iCloud files online-only?

It depends on how you start it. **Optimize Cloud Storage** in the More menu (•••) shows a confirmation first — *"Optimise iCloud locally?"* — explaining that files stay in iCloud and re-download when opened. **Free up** in Storage Profile acts on the one file you tapped.

**Run Tuhi** is the one-tap routine, so its **Keeping cloud files online-only** step runs as part of the run without a separate prompt — tapping Run Tuhi is the go-ahead. It's safe to run that way because online-only never deletes anything.

If you'd prefer to decide case by case, use Storage Profile's **Free up** buttons rather than Run Tuhi.