{"id":"privacy-safety.what-does-storage-studio-keep-on-my-mac","url":"/faq/privacy-safety/what-does-storage-studio-keep-on-my-mac","category":{"id":"privacy-safety","title":"Privacy & safety"},"subcategory":{"id":"your-data-and-rights","title":"Your data, uninstalling and your rights"},"question":"What does Storage Studio store about me on my own Mac?","alt_questions":["What local data does Storage Studio keep?","Does Storage Studio keep a history of my files?","storage studio local data privacy","Where does Storage Studio keep its records?","How much space does Storage Studio's own data use?"],"short_answer":"Its record of moves, your rules and settings, transfer history, daily storage snapshots, your licence, Tuhi history and Junk Yard scraps — all on your Mac or your external drive. Secrets are kept in an encrypted vault.","answer_markdown":"Only what it needs to do its job and undo it: the record of what it moved (so it can always put things back), your rules, schedules and settings, transfer history, daily storage snapshots for the charts, your licence, Tuhi chat history, and Junk Yard scraps. Saved account secrets live in an encrypted vault.\n\nAll of it stays on your Mac — and some, like restore points and the self-backup, on your external drive. Storage Studio audits its own footprint and tells you if it's holding something large you wouldn't expect.\n\nThe Uninstall wizard's **Remove settings and logs** option deletes it.","answer_html":"

Only what it needs to do its job and undo it: the record of what it moved (so it can always put things back), your rules, schedules and settings, transfer history, daily storage snapshots for the charts, your licence, Tuhi chat history, and Junk Yard scraps. Saved account secrets live in an encrypted vault.

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All of it stays on your Mac — and some, like restore points and the self-backup, on your external drive. Storage Studio audits its own footprint and tells you if it's holding something large you wouldn't expect.

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The Uninstall wizard's Remove settings and logs option deletes it.

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Privacy & safety · Your data, uninstalling and your rights

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What does Storage Studio store about me on my own Mac?

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Short answer: Its record of moves, your rules and settings, transfer history, daily storage snapshots, your licence, Tuhi history and Junk Yard scraps — all on your Mac or your external drive. Secrets are kept in an encrypted vault.

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Only what it needs to do its job and undo it: the record of what it moved (so it can always put things back), your rules, schedules and settings, transfer history, daily storage snapshots for the charts, your licence, Tuhi chat history, and Junk Yard scraps. Saved account secrets live in an encrypted vault.

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All of it stays on your Mac — and some, like restore points and the self-backup, on your external drive. Storage Studio audits its own footprint and tells you if it's holding something large you wouldn't expect.

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The Uninstall wizard's Remove settings and logs option deletes it.

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