Safety & undo

Storage Studio copies before it removes, sends what it removes to a recoverable bin, records every batch of moves so it can be rolled back, and asks you to type a word before anything permanent. Here's how the safety nets fit together.

The Recycle Vault is Storage Studio's own recoverable bin. Files the app removes for you — duplicates, uninstalled apps, emergency clear-ups — rest there, on your external drive, for about six months so you can bring them back.

Open the Recycle Vault, select what you want back and click Restore to return it to where it came from, or choose a folder instead. Nothing is ever overwritten — if the name is taken, the restored copy lands alongside it.

Restore Points record each batch of folders and apps Storage Studio moves, plus its own records and settings, so you can roll a batch back or put Storage Studio's settings back. Your files are never copied into a restore point.

If something looks wrong, you can stop a single move or clear-up with its own Stop or Cancel button, pause Storage Studio's automatic clear-ups with Pause, hold all background work with Minimum mode, or quit. Stopping part-way is safe — originals stay put until a copy has been checked.

Storage Studio checks its own working parts at launch and every few minutes while it runs, and quietly repairs the common problems — a damaged or stuck background service, missing settings or log storage. It never touches your files to do it.