---
id: moving-folders.what-are-auto-rules
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/moving-folders/what-are-auto-rules
category: "Moving folders"
subcategory: "Rules and Auto Rules"
question: "What are Auto Rules?"
alt_questions:
  - "What does the Auto rules tile do?"
  - "Rules that fit my Mac automatically"
  - "auto rules storage studio"
  - "What is the Rule Optimizer?"
  - "Does Storage Studio make its own rules?"
short_answer: "Auto Rules are rules Storage Studio builds to fit your Mac. The safest regenerable caches are applied automatically; anything less obvious is suggested, tagged Move or Delete, and waits for your approval. Your own rules are never changed."
tags: ["auto rules", "rules", "suggestions"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/moving-folders/how-do-i-approve-or-dismiss-auto-rule-suggestions", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/moving-folders/how-do-i-stop-auto-rules-applying-anything-automatically", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/moving-folders/what-are-move-rules"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

# What are Auto Rules?

Auto Rules are clean-up and move rules Storage Studio builds to fit *your* Mac, based on the apps and caches you actually have — so a newly installed app is kept tidy without you editing a list. Open them from the **Auto rules** tile on the Home screen.

They come in three groups:

- **Applied automatically** — the safest, fully regenerable caches your apps rebuild on their own.
- **Suggested — needs your approval** — anything less obvious, tagged **Move** or **Delete**, with why it's safe and roughly how much it would free.
- **Dismissed — reclaim anytime** — anything you dismissed, with **Restore** to bring it back.

Your own hand-written rules are kept separate and never changed. Guide: [Auto Rules](https://storagestudio.us/manual/auto-rules).