---
id: moving-folders.what-file-details-survive-a-move-to-a-cloud-account
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/moving-folders/what-file-details-survive-a-move-to-a-cloud-account
category: "Moving folders"
subcategory: "Moving folders to a cloud account"
question: "Are file dates kept when I move files to a cloud account?"
alt_questions:
  - "Does Google Drive keep my created date?"
  - "File dates changed after uploading"
  - "metadata cloud move storage studio"
  - "Are Finder tags kept in the cloud?"
  - "Modified date after moving to Dropbox"
short_answer: "It depends on the service. Most keep the modified date, and Google Drive also keeps the created date, but Mac-specific details like Finder tags and permissions generally aren't stored by cloud services. Moves to your fast drive keep them."
tags: ["file dates", "cloud", "metadata"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/moving-folders/does-moving-a-folder-keep-file-dates-and-tags", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/moving-folders/can-data-parking-move-folders-to-a-cloud-account"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

# Are file dates kept when I move files to a cloud account?

It depends on the service, not on Storage Studio. Most cloud services keep a file's modified date; Google Drive also keeps the created date. Finder tags, permissions and other Mac-specific details generally aren't something cloud services store.

Moving into iCloud Drive through its folder on your Mac behaves like a move on your Mac, because macOS handles it.

If those details matter for a folder, move it to your fast drive instead, where they come across. See [Does moving keep dates and tags?](https://storagestudio.us/faq/moving-folders/does-moving-a-folder-keep-file-dates-and-tags)