{"id":"moving-folders.why-wont-storage-studio-move-my-browser-folder","url":"/faq/moving-folders/why-wont-storage-studio-move-my-browser-folder","category":{"id":"moving-folders","title":"Moving folders"},"subcategory":{"id":"specific-folders","title":"Moving specific folders"},"question":"Why won't Storage Studio move my browser's folder?","alt_questions":["It refuses to relocate Chrome","My browser folder is huge and isn't offered","Move Safari or Chrome data to external drive","why can't i move my browser profile","Browser data not movable in Storage Studio","Why won't Storage Studio move my browser's folder, even though it's large?","Can I move my Chrome profile to an external drive?","Why isn't my browser cache folder offered for moving?","storage studio browser folder sign in","Will moving my browser data sign me out?","Why is the Safari or Chrome folder skipped?"],"short_answer":"Moving a browser's folder would take your cookies, sign-ins, history and sessions with it, and break whenever the drive is unplugged; some browsers even delete the link. Storage Studio leaves them alone. Clearing the browser's cache is the safer fix.","answer_markdown":"Because moving it wholesale would take your cookies, saved sign-ins, history and open sessions with it — you'd be signed out of everything, and none of it would be reachable whenever the drive was unplugged. Some browsers also delete the link left behind when they reset their cache, which quietly undoes the move.\n\nStorage Studio recognises these folders by what's inside them rather than by which browser made them, so the rule holds for any browser, including new ones.\n\nIf the browser's space is mostly cache, clearing caches is the right fix — the browser rebuilds them. See [freeing space](/faq/freeing-space/).","answer_html":"

Because moving it wholesale would take your cookies, saved sign-ins, history and open sessions with it — you'd be signed out of everything, and none of it would be reachable whenever the drive was unplugged. Some browsers also delete the link left behind when they reset their cache, which quietly undoes the move.

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Storage Studio recognises these folders by what's inside them rather than by which browser made them, so the rule holds for any browser, including new ones.

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If the browser's space is mostly cache, clearing caches is the right fix — the browser rebuilds them. See freeing space.

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Why won't Storage Studio move my browser's folder?

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Short answer: Moving a browser's folder would take your cookies, sign-ins, history and sessions with it, and break whenever the drive is unplugged; some browsers even delete the link. Storage Studio leaves them alone. Clearing the browser's cache is the safer fix.

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Because moving it wholesale would take your cookies, saved sign-ins, history and open sessions with it — you'd be signed out of everything, and none of it would be reachable whenever the drive was unplugged. Some browsers also delete the link left behind when they reset their cache, which quietly undoes the move.

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Storage Studio recognises these folders by what's inside them rather than by which browser made them, so the rule holds for any browser, including new ones.

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If the browser's space is mostly cache, clearing caches is the right fix — the browser rebuilds them. See freeing space.

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