Your storage is shared across Google Drive, Gmail and Google Photos. When your account reaches its storage limit, you can't send or receive emails.
To see how much space you have left, on a computer, go to google.com/settings/storage.
How to clear space
To delete your Google Drive files, move them to the bin. Files in your bin will be automatically deleted after 30 days. You can restore files from your bin before the 30-day time window. You can also permanently delete them to empty your bin. If you delete, restore or permanently delete multiple files or folders at once, it may take some time for you to notice the changes.
- Use a computer to see your files listed from largest to smallest.
- Put files you don't want in your Bin, then permanently delete them.
Tip: Within 24 hours, deleted items will show in the available space in your Google Drive account.
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In the Search box, type
has:attachment larger:10M.
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Click Search
.
Note: Replace10
with a higher number to delete larger files. - Select the emails that you don't need, then click Delete
.
- On the left side of the page, click Menu
Bin.
- At the top, click Empty Bin now.
- On the left, click Spam. If you don't see Spam, click More.
- At the top, click Delete all spam messages now. Or, select specific emails, then click Delete forever.
- On your computer, go to photos.google.com.
- Point to an item you want to move to the Bin.
- At the top left, click Select
.
- At the top right, click Delete
Move to Bin.
- To delete single or multiple files that take up storage, use the Google One Storage Manager. Learn how to free up Google storage space.
- If you delete a file by mistake, learn how to recover a deleted file.
- On your computer, go to drive.google.com.
- Click Settings
Settings.
- On the left, click Manage apps.
- If there's hidden data, you can find the amount under the app's description.
- To delete this data, click Options
Delete hidden app data.
Items that use storage space
Google Drive- Most files in your My Drive take up space. For example:
- PDFs
- Images
- Videos
- Items in your bin. Learn how to empty your bin.
- Photos and videos backed up in original quality take up space.
- Photos and videos backed up in high quality (now named Storage saver) or express quality after 1 June 2021. Any photos or videos you backed up in high quality or express quality before 1 June 2021 will not count towards your Google Account storage. Learn more about Photos backup options.
Items in Google Drive for your computer take up a different amount of space than the same items at drive.google.com.
- Items in your Bin take up space in Google Drive, but aren't synced to your computer.
- Shared items will take up space on your computer, but not in Google Drive.
- Items that are in multiple folders will be synced to all folders on your computer, taking up more space.
- If you only sync some folders to your computer, the storage on your computer will be less than what is shown on Google Drive.
- Your computer may show a slightly different file size than drive.google.com due to Mac or PC requirements.
Items that don't use storage space
Google Drive- Files in 'Shared with me' and shared drives don't use space. These files only take up space in the owner's Google Drive.
- Google Sites.
- Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, Jamboard and Drawings files that you create before 1 June 2021, and don't edit after that date.
What happens if you run out of space
GmailYou can't back up any photos or videos. If you want to add any more photos and videos, you can free up Google storage space or buy more Google storage.