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  "title": "Locked flag",
  "slug": "glossary-locked-flag",
  "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/glossary-locked-flag",
  "markdown_url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/glossary-locked-flag.md",
  "category": "Glossary",
  "category_url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/glossary/",
  "tags": [
    "glossary",
    "metadata",
    "moving folders"
  ],
  "summary": "The Locked flag is the Locked checkbox in a file's Get Info window, which stops it being changed or deleted. Storage Studio carries it over to the moved copy.",
  "published_at": "2026-10-01T06:16:29.000Z",
  "updated_at": "2026-10-01T05:35:55.000Z",
  "headings": [],
  "links_out": [
    {
      "slug": "glossary-shortcut",
      "label": "shortcut",
      "exists": true,
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/glossary-shortcut"
    },
    {
      "slug": "what-a-move-keeps",
      "label": "What a move keeps",
      "exists": true,
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/what-a-move-keeps"
    },
    {
      "slug": "glossary-verified-copy",
      "label": "Verified copy",
      "exists": true,
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/glossary-verified-copy"
    }
  ],
  "links_in": [
    {
      "slug": "what-a-move-keeps",
      "title": "What a move keeps",
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/what-a-move-keeps"
    }
  ],
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  "faqs": [],
  "text": "The Locked flag is the Locked checkbox in a file's Get Info window in Finder. A locked file can't be changed, renamed or put in the Trash until you unlock it — a simple guard against accidents. When Storage Studio moves a folder, it carries the Locked flag over to the copy on your drive, along with the flag that hides a file in Finder. This happens once the copy has been checked. Then, because a locked file can't be removed, Storage Studio unlocks the original — only so that it can finish the move by removing it, or replacing it with a shortcut . The copy you keep is still locked, just as the original was. See also: What a move keeps · Verified copy",
  "markdown": "The **Locked flag** is the **Locked** checkbox in a file's Get Info window in Finder. A locked file can't be changed, renamed or put in the Trash until you unlock it — a simple guard against accidents.\n\nWhen Storage Studio moves a folder, it carries the Locked flag over to the copy on your drive, along with the flag that hides a file in Finder. This happens once the copy has been checked.\n\nThen, because a locked file can't be removed, Storage Studio unlocks the original — only so that it can finish the move by removing it, or replacing it with a [shortcut](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/glossary-shortcut). The copy you keep is still locked, just as the original was.\n\nSee also: [What a move keeps](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/what-a-move-keeps) · [Verified copy](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/glossary-verified-copy)\n"
}