Manage your storage in Drive, Gmail and Photos

Your Google storage is shared across Google Drive, Gmail and Google Photos.

  • When your account reaches its storage limit, you won't be able to upload or create files in Drive, send or receive emails in Gmail, or back up photos or videos to Google Photos. 
  • If you're over your storage quota for two years, we might delete your content across Gmail, Drive and Photos.
  • Learn more about Google storage policies.

This article will help you learn how to manage your Google storage effectively. To manage your Google storage, follow these steps:

Check how much storage you have

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Sign in to your Google Account

If you're close to or over your storage limit, you can:

Google One is a subscription that gives you more storage across Google Drive, Gmail and Google Photos for your account, .

When you subscribe to Google One, your total storage increases depending on the plan that you choose.

Get more storage with Google One

Learn how to clear space 

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Sign in to your Google Account

Learn what does and doesn't take up your storage and what happens when it's full

Your Google storage is shared across Gmail, Google Photos and Google Drive. However, other items like WhatsApp backups or Drive for desktop syncing can also take up space.

Learn how storage policies vary by plan

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