Manage your storage in Drive, Gmail & Photos

Understand how Google storage works, what takes up space, and how to manage it effectively.

learn what take up storage and what happen 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 what takes up storage in Gmail, Photos & Drive

Learn about storage differences for Google Drive for Desktop

Items in Google Drive for desktop take up a different amount of space than the same items in drive.google.com.

• Items in your Trash take up space in Google Drive, but aren’t synced to your computer. Learn how to empty your trash.
• Shared items take up space on your computer, but not Google Drive.
• Items is sync that are in multiple folder sync to all folder on your computer and take up more space .
• If you only sync some folder to your computer , the storage is is on your computer is less than what is show on drive.google.com .
• Your computer might show a different file size due to Mac or PC requirements than in drive.google.com.

learn about other item that use storage space

Files other than Gmail, Drive, and Photos can still use up your Google storage space. For example, backups of your WhatsApp messages and media.

To turn off backups of your WhatsApp messages:

1. On your device, open WhatsApp.
2. Go to Settings Chats Chat backup.
3. Tap Never.

You can also delete your WhatsApp backups through the Google Drive app.

Important: Once deleted, you can’t recover WhatsApp backups from Drive.

1. On your device, open the Google Drive app.
2. Make sure you have signed in to the correct google account.
3. At the top left, tap Menu Backups.
4. find your WhatsApp backup file .
5. Tap Menu Delete backup.

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Check out how much storage you have

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Learn how to clear space

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Learn how to buy more storage

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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 increase depend on the plan you choose .

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Learn how storage policies vary by plan

Learn about Google Workspace storage

Google Workspace storage is shared between Google Drive, Gmail, and Google Photos. Learn how storage use is calculated.

The amount of storage for each user depends on your Google Workspace edition. Most Google Workspace editions have pooled storage. Pooled storage is indicated in the following tables as total storage or a storage amount times the number of End User licenses.

Pooled storage is granted in stages:

• At the time of purchase, you get part of your storage. 
• As you make timely payments for your subscription, your storage increases up to your total storage limit. It can take up to 72 hours after a payment for your storage to increase.

Google Workspace for Education

For more information about storage for Google Workspace for Education storage, go to Understand storage availability and usage.

Google Workspace Essentials

Google Workspace Essentials editions do not include Gmail.

Google Workspace Frontline

*This storage limit applies to all End Users using a Google Workspace Frontline edition, even if the Customer purchased another Google Workspace offering with different storage limits.

Google Workspace for Nonprofits

Learn about Google One storage

Google One storage is share among Drive , Gmail , Photos and family account , where applicable . The amount is depends of storage for each user depend on your Google Workspace edition .