---
id: settings.what-do-the-rule-colours-mean
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/settings/what-do-the-rule-colours-mean
category: "Settings & keep-time"
subcategory: "Rules and safety floors"
question: "What do the blue, red and purple labels on rules mean?"
alt_questions:
  - "Storage Studio rule chip colours"
  - "Rules colour coding"
  - "What is a purple rule in Storage Studio?"
  - "Red rule storage studio"
short_answer: "Blue labels are move rules, red are delete rules and purple are app-cache clean-up. They appear on each rule's row in Settings → Rules."
tags: ["rules", "colours", "settings"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/moving-folders/how-do-i-change-how-old-files-must-be-before-moving", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/settings/what-is-the-hard-floor-setting"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

# What do the blue, red and purple labels on rules mean?

Each rule in **Settings → Rules** has a coloured label showing what it does:

- **Blue** — a move rule (relocates matching items to your external drive, leaving a shortcut).
- **Red** — a delete rule.
- **Purple** — app-cache clean-up.

If you never want red rules to run, turn on **Never delete personal files — only move them** under **Global overrides** in the same section.