---
title: "Locked flag"
url: https://storagestudio.us/wiki/glossary-locked-flag
category: "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."
updated: 2026-10-01T05:35:55.000Z
---

# Locked flag

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.

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](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/glossary-shortcut). The copy you keep is still locked, just as the original was.

See also: [What a move keeps](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/what-a-move-keeps) · [Verified copy](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/glossary-verified-copy)

## What links here

- [What a move keeps](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/what-a-move-keeps)