---
id: moving-folders.data-parking-or-whats-using-space-which-should-i-use
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/moving-folders/data-parking-or-whats-using-space-which-should-i-use
category: "Moving folders"
subcategory: "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."
tags: ["data parking", "whats using space", "comparison"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/moving-folders/what-is-data-parking", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/moving-folders/which-folders-are-worth-moving-to-an-external-drive"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

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

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.

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

See [What is Data Parking?](https://storagestudio.us/faq/moving-folders/what-is-data-parking) and [freeing space](https://storagestudio.us/faq/freeing-space/).