---
id: tuhi-assistant.tuhi-assistant-vs-run-tuhi-button
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/tuhi-assistant/tuhi-assistant-vs-run-tuhi-button
category: "Tuhi, your storage assistant"
subcategory: "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."
tags: ["tuhi", "run tuhi", "tidy-up"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/tuhi-assistant/what-is-tuhi", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/tuhi-assistant/can-tuhi-change-things-on-my-mac"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

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

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.

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.

For what the routine does step by step, see [the Free Up Space manual page](https://storagestudio.us/manual/free-up-space).