Troubleshooting & messages · Moves and copies that didn't finish
Why does it say some files were removed by another app before the copy finished?
Short answer: Another app deleted some files mid-copy (common with caches). Nothing was lost — run the move again, or clear busy caches instead of moving them.
While Storage Studio was copying the folder, another app deleted some of the files in it — common for caches and temporary files that apps clean up on their own. Nothing was lost: the files that vanished were removed by that app, not by Storage Studio, and your original is safe.
### What to do - Simply run the move again; it will copy what's there now. - If the folder is a cache that changes constantly, it may not be worth moving — clearing it with Free Up Space is often the better option.
See freeing up space.