Storage and upload limits for Google Workspace

For steps on how to upload files to Google Drive, go here instead.

Google Workspace storage limits

Google Workspace storage is shared between Google Drive, Gmail, and Google Photos. The amount of storage for each user depends on your edition:

Frontline	2 GB per user
G Suite Basic	30 GB per user
Business Starter	30 GB per user
Business Standard	2 TB per user added to pooled storage
Business Plus	5 TB per user added to pooled storage
Enterprise Essentials	1 TB per user added to pooled storage, up to a maximum of 25 TB.
Enterprise editions	As much as you need.* For details, contact Google Workspace support.
Essentials No longer available for new customers	100 GB per user added to pooled storage, up to a maximum of 2 TB
Essentials Starter	15 GB per user
Business Essentials	100 GB per user added to pooled storage, up to a maximum of 2 TB
G Suite Business	Unlimited storage
Education Fundamentals Education Standard	100 TB pooled cloud storage
Teaching and Learning Upgrade	100 TB pooled cloud storage, plus 100 GB per user added to pooled storage
Education Plus	100 TB pooled cloud storage, plus 20 GB per user added to pooled storage
Individual personal accounts Legacy free edition of G Suite	15 GB

* Google Workspace provides flexible pooled storage that is shared across the organization. Enterprise plan customers have 5 TB of pooled storage per user and can request additional storage as needed by contacting Google Workspace support. For more information, see the Google Workspace Services Summary.

Drive upload limits

Individual users can only upload 750 GB each day between My Drive and all shared drives. Users who reach the 750-GB limit or upload a file larger than 750 GB cannot upload additional files that day. Uploads that are in progress will complete. The maximum individual file size that you can upload or synchronize is 5 TB.

Administrator controls

• Google Drive: When you turn on the Drive service in the Admin console, your users can upload and sync any file to their accounts.

• APIs: Customers can use an API to add, edit, and remove files in batch, as well as to manage and generate information about their users' documents (however, it doesn't generate quota usage information at this time). For example, administrators can use the API to upload a large number of files and share these files with all users in their domain. Learn more about the API upload feature.

Drive security

• File types: Users can upload any type of file, including executables (for example, .exe or .vbs) and compressed files.

• Virus scanning: Google Drive scans a file for viruses before the file is downloaded or shared. If a virus is detected, users cannot convert the infected file to a Google Doc, Sheet, or Slide, and they'll receive a warning if they attempt these operations.

  The owner can download the virus-infected file, but only after acknowledging the risk of doing so.  Users can still share the file with others, send the infected file via email, or change ownership of the file. 

  Only files smaller than 100 MB can be scanned for viruses. For larger files, a warning is displayed saying that the file can't be scanned.

• Content policy: All Google Drive files, including uploaded or converted files, follow the same program policy. Learn more.

• Phishing and malware: If files are shared with your users from outside your organization, Google Workspace automatically checks them for phishing and malware. If a problem is detected, users' access to the file is blocked for their protection. 
  
  If Google Workspace detects a user violating Google's acceptable use policy, Google reserves the right to immediately suspend the user. If there's a problem throughout your organization, Google reserves the right to suspend your organization's Google account and prevent all administrators from accessing Google Workspace services. In this case, Google will send a notification to the primary admin's secondary email address.