Troubleshooting & messages · Free space and clean-up messages
What happens if I stop a clear-up part-way through?
Short answer: It finishes the current item, stops, and reports how many folders were cleared. Starting again picks up where it stopped, and removals stay recoverable in the Recycle Vault.
Storage Studio finishes the item it's on, stops, and tells you exactly how many folders were cleared before you stopped it. Nothing is left half-done.
When you start again it picks up where it stopped — folders already cleared aren't done again — and everything it removed stays recoverable in the Recycle Vault.