If you need to free up space in Gmail, in Google Photos and Google Drive, it is surely that you are approaching the limit of the capacity of your space in the cloud, or perhaps you have already exceeded it and you will not be able to store anything else until you manage the files and content generally you have saved if you don’t want to have to pay for a little more additional storage.
Google has made things quite easy and therefore they have created a unique site where you can manage all your storage and its name is quite obvious: “Google One” there you can check the Gmail space , preview the files stored in Google Drive and Google Photos that can represent a great weight so that you can eliminate them in a simple way if you want.
Google One: free up Google Photos and Google Drive space with one click
Something that has characterized Google since they became the Mountain View giant is making things easier for us, and that is certainly the average user wants to do things with a couple of steps and nothing too complex. With this very clear, they have created the Google One tool .
The first thing that Google One allows you is to have a preview of your Google Photos and Drive files that are large , at that first moment you can choose to delete them. This task can be carried out directly on the tool’s website, being able to discard or permanently eliminate any element you want.
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However. What is the difference between discarded and deleted files? It’s very simple:
- Discarded files: you send this file to the trash and you will have a period of 30 days to recover it, this will allow you to empty some space, but without losing an element that you are not sure you want to permanently delete.
- Deleted files: this element leaves your cloud completely, keep in mind that once that decision is made, you will not be able to recover it and therefore Google will let you know before disappearing it forever.
In Google One you can opt for a payment option that allows you to share with your family and others the functions of space management and assistance by Google One experts.
You can also free up space in Gmail from Google One and is that one of the options that the tool presents you is that you can directly delete the emails marked as spam and those that are in the trash, thus you recover in some cases several megabytes compromised in Your storage space, which you must also remember, is unique to share among all Google products.
Free up space on Google from Android
The procedure will always lead us to Google One, but in this case you must access your mobile application and follow the following steps:
- Download Google One for Android
- Once the Google One app is installed you must enter it and you will see the storage menu at the top, then click on the option “Free account storage” .
- It will show you several options and you must choose the category you want to manage .
Then choose the files that you decided to delete.
- In case you need to take a look before you can order them, to do this click on Filter / Sort , an option that you will find at the top of the screen.
- Once you have decided, it only remains for you to press the trash can icon at the top to delete the items.
Now, it does not mean that there is no other way to do it, remember that you can also use traditional methods such as entering directly to free up space in Gmail by eliminating spam and reviewing your messages one by one to decide which one to discard, the same applies to Google Drive and Google Photos.
