If your photos and videos won't back up, you may be out of storage. To make more space, you can clean up your storage or buy more.
Important:
- If you're inactive in Google Photos for 2 years or more, your content may be deleted. Learn about the Google Photos inactivity policy.
- If you’re over your storage limit for 2 years or more, your content may be deleted. Learn more about how your Google storage works.
- All photos and videos backed up in Storage saver (previously named High quality) or Express quality before June 1, 2021 don't count towards your Google Account storage.
- Photos and videos backed up in Original quality regardless of date continue to count toward your Google Account storage.
Check your storage
- On your Android device, open the Google Photos app
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- Sign in to your Google Account.
- At the top, tap your Profile picture or Initial.
- Tap Photos settings
Backup
- At the top, you’ll find an estimate of how long it will take to fill your storage.
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Backup Tips:
- If you haven’t consistently backed up content recently, you’re almost out of storage, or your account is provided through work, school, or another group, an estimate may not be available.
- If you have a supervised or K-12 school-provided account, the storage management tool isn’t available.
- If your account is provided through work, school, family, or another group, you can check your storage in your computer's browser or your mobile web browser at photos.google.com/quotamanagement.
Clean up storage
Important: When you manage storage, you manage the storage associated with your Google Account. You can also free up space on your device.
- On your Android device, open the Google Photos app
- Sign in to your Google Account.
- At the top, tap your Profile picture or Initial.
- Tap Photos settings
- Under "Review and delete," select any category.
- Tap Select.
- Select the items you want to delete.
- Tap Move to trash
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Tip: Some photos save space when deleted. If you delete a photo that saves storage space in your Google Account, you may get an estimate of the recovered storage.
Buy more storage with Google One
You can select a storage plan that has more or less storage space. You can also switch your storage plan to a monthly or annual subscription.
Change your plan
If you signed up via the Play Store:
- On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google One app
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- At the top, tap Menu
Settings
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- Tap Change membership plan.
- Select your new storage limit.
- To add more storage: Select a plan under "Upgrade options."
- To find smaller storage plans: Tap Downgrade options.
- If there's no downgrade option, you're on the lowest plan.
- To confirm the new plan price, tap Agree.
- Select your payment method.
- Tap Subscribe.
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Settings 
.If you sign up through the App Store
If you sign up for Google One through the App Store on an iPhone or iPad and later switch to an Android device: You can't adjust your membership or change your payment method in the app. To update your account and other info, use the App Store on another device.Cancel your Google One storage plan
You can cancel your Google One membership at any time. Learn how to cancel your storage plan.About Workspace pooled storage
For G Suite/Workspace accounts, the storage management tool shows either your individual or pooled storage information.
- If you have less individual quota remaining, the storage management tool shows your individual quota and limit.
- If your organization has less pooled quota remaining, the storage management tool shows your pooled quota and limit.
Tip: Other Google Products, like Google Drive, may show different storage and quota values. Learn more about your Google Drive storage.