---
id: privacy-safety.is-storage-studio-safe-for-sensitive-or-client-data
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/privacy-safety/is-storage-studio-safe-for-sensitive-or-client-data
category: "Privacy & safety"
subcategory: "App trust, updates and security"
question: "Is Storage Studio suitable on a Mac that holds sensitive or client files?"
alt_questions:
  - "Can I use Storage Studio with confidential documents?"
  - "Is Storage Studio OK for lawyers or therapists?"
  - "storage studio confidential files"
  - "Does Storage Studio expose client data?"
short_answer: "Its design suits it — files never reach Storage Studio's servers and its AI runs on your Mac. Encrypt your external drive, connect only approved cloud accounts, consider turning off Junk Yard capturing, and check your professional rules."
tags: ["sensitive data", "confidential", "security"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/privacy-safety/should-i-encrypt-my-external-drive", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/privacy-safety/is-junk-yard-clipboard-history-private"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

# Is Storage Studio suitable on a Mac that holds sensitive or client files?

Its design suits it: your files never go to Storage Studio's servers, Tuhi and Junk Yard search run on your Mac, and anything removed is kept recoverable. A few choices are yours to make carefully:

- **Encrypt the external drive** you move files to, because relocated folders are stored there as ordinary files.
- **Only connect cloud accounts you're allowed to use** for that data, and remember cloud backups are encrypted on your Mac before upload.
- **Turn Junk Yard Capturing off** if you copy confidential text often.
- **Check your professional or employer rules** about storing data on external drives.