---
id: moving-folders.can-data-parking-move-folders-to-a-cloud-account
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/moving-folders/can-data-parking-move-folders-to-a-cloud-account
category: "Moving folders"
subcategory: "Moving folders to a cloud account"
question: "Can Data Parking move folders to a cloud account instead of a drive?"
alt_questions:
  - "Move a folder to Google Drive with Data Parking"
  - "Park files in Dropbox"
  - "Upload a folder to OneDrive from Data Parking"
  - "data parking cloud destination"
  - "Move files to the cloud to free space"
short_answer: "Yes. Choose a connected cloud account as the destination, pair, and Move or Merge upload through it into a folder named after your Mac. Relocate isn't offered, so the files leave your Mac; any file that fails is parked in Data Transfers to retry."
tags: ["cloud", "data parking", "upload"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/moving-folders/why-is-relocate-not-available-for-cloud-destinations", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/moving-folders/what-file-details-survive-a-move-to-a-cloud-account", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/moving-folders/what-happens-when-a-cloud-upload-fails-in-data-parking"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

# Can Data Parking move folders to a cloud account instead of a drive?

Yes. Pick a connected account from the right pane's destination menu, pair as usual, and **Move** or **Merge** upload through that account. Storage Studio creates a folder named after your Mac in the account the first time, so several Macs never mix files.

What's different from a drive:

- **Relocate isn't offered** — links can't point into a cloud account, so the files leave your Mac entirely.
- Several files upload at once, and the source pane clears file by file as each upload lands.
- If the network drops or an account needs signing in again, that file is parked in **Data Transfers** with a plain-English reason so you can retry it there.

You can close Data Parking and the uploads finish in the background. See [data transfers](https://storagestudio.us/faq/data-transfers/).