---
id: tuhi-assistant.can-an-ai-assistant-change-files-through-ai-access
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/tuhi-assistant/can-an-ai-assistant-change-files-through-ai-access
category: "Tuhi, your storage assistant"
subcategory: "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."
tags: ["ai access", "read-only", "safety", "connections", "ai assistants"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/tuhi-assistant/what-is-ai-access", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/tuhi-assistant/what-can-an-assistant-see-with-ai-access"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

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

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.

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