Moving photos from my computer to CC

I have decided to store all my photos on CC and not locally. I am using Adobe Bridge to move my files over. I use Bridges "Move To" command to move the files to the Creative Cloud folder, then sync. However, there is no reduction in the amount of storage that my files use locally. It appears that I have actually not moved the files to the cloud, but merely copied them over. If I delete the files from the Creative Cloud folder, will the remain in the Cloud and still be available?