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Gmail, Drive, Sheets and Photos serve as a wonderful ecosystem for data storage, file sharing and collaboration for individuals or groups. Its utility improves with the free 15GB of cloud storage provided. However, many limitations with the free storage of 15GB, such as WhatsApp backup, oversized file attachments, and leftover drafts from your promoted emails, begin to impact your productivity.

No need to panic with the suspended storage messages. Here, I will explain a few simple ways to help you regain storage while keeping the vital documents on the cloud safe.

How to Clear Storage in Gmail

1. Delete Unnecessary Emails

Redundant threads, spam, promotional messages and repetitive emails, along with various old threads, can over clutter your inbox and make you lose out on productivity. Promote the deletion of old, repetitive and promotional emails to help effective free up vital storage to make space for vital storage.

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2. Use Gmail’s Filter Tool

Facebook, Instagram, and other social platform notifications, along with new recommendations, take up a lot of space. Deleting social platform emails and other notifications without the need to open them gets tedious. With Tell Gmail tools, such forms of notifications can be filtered out. Create an effective preset filter to remove such emails for good.

3. Empty Trash and Spam Folders

Check Junk folders and Char folders as often emails sent to those are often ignored by many from the storage space. Deleting numerous emails instantly helps, but along with that, the Clear option for Spam folders must be used to permanently and instantly free up hidden storage.

4. Unsubscribe from Newsletters

Unwanted repetitive emails get sent from many, and the news creates an information overload for the user. To permanently fix that, the need is to click the unsubscribe option for all the irrelevant news and stickers sent from irrelevant company emails.

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How to Free Space Beyond Gmail

  • Clear Out Google Drive- Remove older, unused files or transfer them to an alternate cloud service.
  • Clean Up Google Photos- Erase blurry images or videos using Google Photos' “Storage Management’ Tool.
  • Replace With Other Cloud Services- Dropbox, OneDrive, or iCloud can be used to store non-critical data.

Upgrade with Google One

If available space is insufficient, opting for Google One’s paid subscription may be smarter. Their options include 30GB, 100GB, or 200GB, and the starting price is just ₹59 a month.

Final Thoughts

Google provides 15GB of free storage, but to avoid hitting its maximum limit, it requires an organised approach and cost-effective solutions like Google One for heavy users. A few minutes of decluttering could save hours of frustration in the future!