{"id":"moving-folders.why-cant-storage-studio-quit-an-app","url":"/faq/moving-folders/why-cant-storage-studio-quit-an-app","category":{"id":"moving-folders","title":"Moving folders"},"subcategory":{"id":"folders-in-use","title":"Folders an app is using"},"question":"Why can't Storage Studio quit the app that's using my folder?","alt_questions":["Storage Studio isn't allowed to quit this app","Ask to quit didn't work","App keeps using the folder after Quit all","quit system process to move folder","Please quit it yourself message"],"short_answer":"Some apps — system processes or ones running under another account — aren't Storage Studio's to quit, so it asks you to quit them yourself. An app waiting on an unsaved-changes dialog also won't close until you deal with it; then press Check again.","answer_markdown":"Some apps aren't Storage Studio's to quit — for example something running as a system process or under another user account. In that case it says so plainly and asks you to quit it yourself, rather than trying to force it.\n\nOther common reasons a polite quit doesn't finish:\n\n- The app is showing an unsaved-changes dialog. Switch to it, save or discard, then press **Check again**.\n- A Terminal window is sitting inside the folder. Change to another folder or close it.\n\nStorage Studio confirms an app really exited rather than assuming it did, so **Check again** shows the true state.\n\nSee [What does Move when closed mean?](/faq/moving-folders/what-does-move-when-closed-mean)","answer_html":"

Some apps aren't Storage Studio's to quit — for example something running as a system process or under another user account. In that case it says so plainly and asks you to quit it yourself, rather than trying to force it.

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Other common reasons a polite quit doesn't finish:

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Storage Studio confirms an app really exited rather than assuming it did, so Check again shows the true state.

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See What does Move when closed mean?

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Moving folders · Folders an app is using

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Why can't Storage Studio quit the app that's using my folder?

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Short answer: Some apps — system processes or ones running under another account — aren't Storage Studio's to quit, so it asks you to quit them yourself. An app waiting on an unsaved-changes dialog also won't close until you deal with it; then press Check again.

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Some apps aren't Storage Studio's to quit — for example something running as a system process or under another user account. In that case it says so plainly and asks you to quit it yourself, rather than trying to force it.

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Other common reasons a polite quit doesn't finish:

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  • The app is showing an unsaved-changes dialog. Switch to it, save or discard, then press Check again.
  • A Terminal window is sitting inside the folder. Change to another folder or close it.
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Storage Studio confirms an app really exited rather than assuming it did, so Check again shows the true state.

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See What does Move when closed mean?

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