{"id":"tuhi-assistant.can-an-ai-assistant-change-files-through-ai-access","url":"/faq/tuhi-assistant/can-an-ai-assistant-change-files-through-ai-access","category":{"id":"tuhi-assistant","title":"Tuhi, your storage assistant"},"subcategory":{"id":"ai-access","title":"AI access for other assistants"},"question":"Can an AI assistant move or delete my files through AI access?","alt_questions":["Is AI access read-only?","Can Claude change my storage?","Can an assistant back up or restore for me?","Will AI access delete anything?","Can MCP run actions in Storage Studio?","Can an AI assistant connected through Settings → Connections move or delete my files?","Is assistant access read-only?","Can Claude delete my files via Storage Studio?","AI access safety storage studio","What can a connected assistant see?"],"short_answer":"No. AI access is strictly read-only: a connected assistant can read your storage information but can't move, delete, clean, back up, restore or change settings. Changes only happen when you make them in Storage Studio.","answer_markdown":"No. AI access is strictly **read-only**. An assistant connected this way can look at your storage information to answer questions, but it can't move, delete, clean, back up, restore or change any setting — there is no way to act through this connection.\n\nAnything that changes your Mac still only happens when you do it yourself in Storage Studio.","answer_html":"

No. AI access is strictly read-only. An assistant connected this way can look at your storage information to answer questions, but it can't move, delete, clean, back up, restore or change any setting — there is no way to act through this connection.

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Anything that changes your Mac still only happens when you do it yourself in Storage Studio.

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Tuhi, your storage assistant · AI access for other assistants

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Can an AI assistant move or delete my files through AI access?

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Short answer: No. AI access is strictly read-only: a connected assistant can read your storage information but can't move, delete, clean, back up, restore or change settings. Changes only happen when you make them in Storage Studio.

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No. AI access is strictly read-only. An assistant connected this way can look at your storage information to answer questions, but it can't move, delete, clean, back up, restore or change any setting — there is no way to act through this connection.

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Anything that changes your Mac still only happens when you do it yourself in Storage Studio.

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