Storage Studio

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Uninstall

Storage Studio is removable in three steps. There is no "secret" file the uninstaller leaves behind.

Storage Studio → Uninstall… opens a three-step wizard:

  1. Restore relocated apps. Any application moved via the App

relocator is moved back to /Applications. The symlinks are removed.

  1. Restore relocated files. Optionally walks every recorded

move/relocate and reverses it. Files return to their original internal location.

  1. Remove app + state. Drops /Applications/Storage Studio.app

and the state directory ~/.storagestudio/.

You can stop at step 1 or 2 if you want to keep your tier layout.

Manual uninstall

If the wizard isn't available, you can remove everything by hand:

# remove the app
rm -rf "/Applications/Storage Studio.app"

# remove app state
rm -rf ~/.storagestudio

# (optional) remove the NVMe-side state mirror
rm -rf "/Volumes/<your-nvme>/Mac/StorageStudio-State"

Manual uninstall does not restore relocated files or apps. Those remain symlinked. Use the in-app wizard if you want them back.

What stays behind

  • Files you moved out to the NVMe stay where they are. Storage

Studio is a manager; uninstalling it doesn't migrate files back unless you ask it to in step 2.

  • macOS keeps permissions records — you may want to remove the

Storage Studio entry from System Settings → Privacy & Security.