---
id: privacy-safety.does-auto-sync-move-new-files-without-asking
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/privacy-safety/does-auto-sync-move-new-files-without-asking
category: "Privacy & safety"
subcategory: "Keeping your files safe"
question: "Will Storage Studio keep moving new files from a folder after I relocate it?"
alt_questions:
  - "What does the auto-sync toggle do?"
  - "Does Storage Studio watch my folders?"
  - "storage studio auto-sync new files"
  - "How do I stop new files following a folder to the drive?"
  - "Is auto-sync on by default?"
short_answer: "Only if you turn on auto-sync for that folder, in the move confirmation or the Relocated panel badge. Then new files added later follow it to the drive; moving the folder back turns auto-sync off."
tags: ["auto-sync", "folders", "automatic"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/privacy-safety/how-do-i-undo-a-move"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

# Will Storage Studio keep moving new files from a folder after I relocate it?

Only if you turn on **auto-sync** for that folder. When it's on, new files you add to the original location later are picked up and moved to the fast drive in the background. You choose it in the move confirmation, and you can switch it on or off per folder from the badge in the Storage Inspector's Relocated panel.

Moving a folder back turns auto-sync off for it, and the move-back includes anything written to the original location since.