---
id: moving-folders.how-do-i-unpair-the-panes-in-data-parking
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/moving-folders/how-do-i-unpair-the-panes-in-data-parking
category: "Moving folders"
subcategory: "Data Parking (the two-pane mover)"
question: "How do I unpair the two panes in Data Parking?"
alt_questions:
  - "Unpair Data Parking"
  - "Stop the other pane following me"
  - "Break a folder pairing"
  - "Already at the pair root — unpair first to navigate higher"
  - "Why can't I go up a level in Data Parking?"
short_answer: "Click the Pair / Unpair indicator in the middle column, and the panes browse independently again. If the up-arrow says you're already at the pair root, unpair first to go higher. Navigating to a different drive also unpairs."
tags: ["unpair", "pairing", "data parking"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/moving-folders/what-does-pair-do-in-data-parking", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/moving-folders/does-data-parking-keep-my-folder-structure"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

# How do I unpair the two panes in Data Parking?

Click the **Pair / Unpair** indicator in the middle column. Once unpaired, each pane browses on its own again and the paired move buttons switch off. Navigating above the paired folders — or to a different drive — also un-pairs them automatically.

If you press the up-arrow at the top of a pairing, Data Parking tells you "Already at the pair root — unpair first to navigate higher", so you don't lose the pairing by accident. A deliberate unpair is respected; Storage Studio won't quietly re-pair the same folders behind your back.

See [What does Pair do?](https://storagestudio.us/faq/moving-folders/what-does-pair-do-in-data-parking)