{"id":"tuhi-assistant.tuhi-assistant-vs-run-tuhi-button","url":"/faq/tuhi-assistant/tuhi-assistant-vs-run-tuhi-button","category":{"id":"tuhi-assistant","title":"Tuhi, your storage assistant"},"subcategory":{"id":"about-tuhi","title":"About Tuhi"},"question":"What's the difference between asking Tuhi and the Run Tuhi button?","alt_questions":["Is Run Tuhi the same as the assistant?","What does the big Run Tuhi circle do?","Tuhi chat vs Run Tuhi","Does asking Tuhi a question clean my Mac?","Why are there two things called Tuhi?"],"short_answer":"Asking Tuhi in the Ask box only gives answers and guidance; it never changes anything. Run Tuhi, the big circle on Home, is the one-tap tidy-up routine, and it only runs when you tap it.","answer_markdown":"They're two sides of the same assistant. **Asking Tuhi** (the Ask box) gives you answers and guidance — it never changes anything on its own. **Run Tuhi** (the big circle on the Home screen) is the one-tap tidy-up routine: it clears caches and rarely-used files, reclaims old local backups and keeps cloud files online-only, with live progress and nothing personal removed without asking.\n\nSo asking a question is always safe and read-only, and the routine only runs when you tap the button. If Tuhi thinks a tidy-up would help, it says so and offers the **Run Tuhi** button — you decide.\n\nFor what the routine does step by step, see [the Free Up Space manual page](/manual/free-up-space).","answer_html":"

They're two sides of the same assistant. Asking Tuhi (the Ask box) gives you answers and guidance — it never changes anything on its own. Run Tuhi (the big circle on the Home screen) is the one-tap tidy-up routine: it clears caches and rarely-used files, reclaims old local backups and keeps cloud files online-only, with live progress and nothing personal removed without asking.

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So asking a question is always safe and read-only, and the routine only runs when you tap the button. If Tuhi thinks a tidy-up would help, it says so and offers the Run Tuhi button — you decide.

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For what the routine does step by step, see the Free Up Space manual page.

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Tuhi, your storage assistant · About Tuhi

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What's the difference between asking Tuhi and the Run Tuhi button?

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Short answer: Asking Tuhi in the Ask box only gives answers and guidance; it never changes anything. Run Tuhi, the big circle on Home, is the one-tap tidy-up routine, and it only runs when you tap it.

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They're two sides of the same assistant. Asking Tuhi (the Ask box) gives you answers and guidance — it never changes anything on its own. Run Tuhi (the big circle on the Home screen) is the one-tap tidy-up routine: it clears caches and rarely-used files, reclaims old local backups and keeps cloud files online-only, with live progress and nothing personal removed without asking.

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So asking a question is always safe and read-only, and the routine only runs when you tap the button. If Tuhi thinks a tidy-up would help, it says so and offers the Run Tuhi button — you decide.

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For what the routine does step by step, see the Free Up Space manual page.

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