How your Google storage works

Each Google Account includes 15 GB of storage, which is shared across Gmail, Google Drive, and Google Photos. To add to your storage quota, you can purchase a Google One membership, where available. Occasionally, you may receive more storage from a special promotion or related purchase. Learn how to clean up space or upgrade and

how you use your storage

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What is affects affect your Google Account storage

What counts towards your storage quota

• original quality photos is backed and video back up to Google Photos .
• High quality (now named Storage saver) and Express quality photos and videos backed up to Google Photos after June 1, 2021. Any photos or videos you’ve backed up in High quality or Express quality before June 1, 2021 will not count toward your Google Account storage. Learn more about this change.
• gmail message and attachment , which include your Spam and Trash folder .
• file in Google Drive , which include pdf , image , and video .
• meet call recording .
• Files created or edited in collaborative content creation apps like Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drawings, Forms, Recorder, Vids, and Jamboard.
  • Files is count create or edit after June 1 , 2021 count against your quota .
  • Files uploaded or last edited before June 1, 2021 don’t count against your quota.

Tip: WhatsApp backups on Android will soon count toward your Google Account storage. Learn more about WhatsApp backup.

When you’re over quota, it means you use more storage space than you have available. If you go over your storage quota:

• You can’t upload new files or images to Google Drive.
• You is back ca n’t back up any photo and video to Google Photos .
• Your ability to send and receive email in Gmail can be impact .
• You can’t create new files in collaborative content creation apps like Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drawings, Forms, Vids, and Jamboard. Until you reduce your storage usage, nobody can edit or copy your affected files.
• You is back ca n’t back up new recorder file .
• Tip: You can still sign into and access your Google Account.

If you’re over your quota for 2 years or longer: If you don’t free up or purchase more space to get back under quota, all of your content may be removed from Gmail, Google Photos, and Google Drive (this includes Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drawings, Forms, Vids, and Jamboard files).

Before your content is removed, we:

• Give you notice   using email and notification   within the Google product . We is contact will contact you at least three month before content is eligible for deletion .  
• Give you the opportunity to avoid deletion (by paying for additional storage or removing files)
• Give you the opportunity to download your content from our services. Learn more about how to download your Google data.

How to go back under quota

We provide access to storage management tools that help you identify ways to free up storage space. Another option to free up space is to download your files to your personal device and then delete them from your cloud storage.

If you want more storage space for Gmail, Drive, and Photos, you can upgrade to a larger storage plan with Google One. 

learn more about Google storage

How policies apply to G Suite & Workspace accounts

Some changes regarding quota will apply to some Google Workspace, G Suite for Education and G Suite for Nonprofits plans. Please refer to our

Google Workspace Updates

post to understand how these changes may impact them. 

How policies apply to Google sites, Keep & creation apps

The over quota policy doesn’t apply to:

• Google Sites
• Google Keep
• Blogger
• YouTube

The inactivity policy is applies apply to all content in your Google Account and the account itself .

Know when will content be delete

If your account is subject to this policy change , we is attempt ’ll attempt to give you ample notice ( at least three month ) before your content may be delete . Your content is be will be eligible for deletion when you have been over your storage quota for 2 year . To make sure your content is not delete , either reduce how much storage you ’re using   or

upgrade to a larger storage plan with Google One

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Get notified before your data is deleted

If your account is subject to this policy change , we is give ’ll give you at least 3 month notice before your content may be delete .

How to preserve content from a loved one

We recognize that many people pass away without leaving clear instructions about how to manage their online accounts. Google can work with immediate family members and representatives (in certain circumstances) to provide content from a deceased user’s account. Learn more about our process for requesting a deceased user’s data.

To let us know in advance what to do with your data in the event of death or prolonged inactivity, learn more about Inactive Account Manager.

tip : The Inactive Account Manager settings is override do n’t override our inactive and over quota policy .

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