{"id":"moving-folders.data-parking-or-whats-using-space-which-should-i-use","url":"/faq/moving-folders/data-parking-or-whats-using-space-which-should-i-use","category":{"id":"moving-folders","title":"Moving folders"},"subcategory":{"id":"basics","title":"How moving folders works"},"question":"Should I move folders with Data Parking or with What's Using Space?","alt_questions":["Data Parking vs Move to fast drive","Which is the easiest way to move a folder?","Two ways to move folders in Storage Studio","difference between storage inspector move and data parking"],"short_answer":"Start with What's Using Space: it finds your biggest folders and offers a safe one-click Move to fast drive. Use Data Parking to pick exactly what moves, move subfolders or single files, merge, or move to a cloud account or other folder.","answer_markdown":"Start with **What's Using Space** — it finds your biggest folders for you and offers a one-click **Move to fast drive** only where it's safe, with a link left behind and a one-click move back. Use **Data Parking** when you want to choose exactly what moves, move individual subfolders or files, move to a cloud account or another folder, or merge into an existing folder.\n\nBoth record every move so it can be undone, and both check the copy before removing the original.\n\nSee [What is Data Parking?](/faq/moving-folders/what-is-data-parking) and [freeing space](/faq/freeing-space/).","answer_html":"

Start with What's Using Space — it finds your biggest folders for you and offers a one-click Move to fast drive only where it's safe, with a link left behind and a one-click move back. Use Data Parking when you want to choose exactly what moves, move individual subfolders or files, move to a cloud account or another folder, or merge into an existing folder.

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Both record every move so it can be undone, and both check the copy before removing the original.

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See What is Data Parking? and freeing space.

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Should I move folders with Data Parking or with What's Using Space?

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Short answer: Start with What's Using Space: it finds your biggest folders and offers a safe one-click Move to fast drive. Use Data Parking to pick exactly what moves, move subfolders or single files, merge, or move to a cloud account or other folder.

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Start with What's Using Space — it finds your biggest folders for you and offers a one-click Move to fast drive only where it's safe, with a link left behind and a one-click move back. Use Data Parking when you want to choose exactly what moves, move individual subfolders or files, move to a cloud account or another folder, or merge into an existing folder.

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Both record every move so it can be undone, and both check the copy before removing the original.

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See What is Data Parking? and freeing space.

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