Privacy & safety · Undo and recovery
Can I recover files Storage Studio deleted from a cloud account?
Short answer: It depends on the provider. Where the service has its own trash, the file goes there and can be recovered; where it doesn't, the removal is permanent and Storage Studio asks you to confirm that explicitly first.
It depends on the service. Where the provider has its own trash, a removed file lands there and can be recovered from the provider's website or app. Where it doesn't, the removal is permanent — and Storage Studio says so and asks you to confirm explicitly before it happens.
The confirmation always tells you which case applies. For duplicates, the copy you're keeping is re-checked in the account first, so a stale result can never lead to the last copy being deleted.
Cloud removals don't pass through the Recycle Vault, which is for files on your Mac.