Because it’s summer, you might want to get a lot of pictures and videos of your sun-soaked nights and other activities. But if you use Google Drive for online store, your photos, videos and other random files can take up the&nbsp, 15GB of complimentary storage&nbsp, faster than you can state” summer vacation”.

You’ll receive a request to upgrade to an a&nbsp, Google One plan if storage is over, but that doesn’t imply having to purchase online store. All of your old emails and documents can be transferred for free if you’re ready to create a new Google account. But if that sounds like a problem, here are some other tips to quickly clear space in your online registration case.

We suggest trying these advice on a computer as opposed to a phone because it will make things easier to sort through and manage files. If you only have access to a wireless system, we’ll walk you through both steps.

1. Huge files are simple to find and to cancel.

You may free up space by sorting each company by file size and deleting only one or two huge folders in place of a few hundred smaller ones if you want to keep the majority of your products in Google Drive and Gmail. Deleting one or two videos that take up multiple megabytes of space is easier than sorting through hundreds of old documents of similar file size to decide which can be deleted.

Google Drive allows you to delete files according to their size.

Here’s how to remove files from your desktop according to their size.

1. Log into Google Drive.
2. Click Storage in the menu on the left side of the screen.
3. The Storage page should list your files from largest to smallest, but if not, click Storage used on the right side of the screen. The files should now be ordered from largest to smallest.
4. Click on the large files you want to delete to select them. You can select multiple files by holding the Shift key on your keyboard.
5. After selecting the files for deletion, click either the trash bin that appears near the top of the screen or click and drag the large files to Trash on the left side of the screen.

You’re not finished when the items are in the Trash. Click Trash on the left side of the screen to access the Trash menu from there. Then, click Empty Trash on the left side of the screen, and then Empty forever.

You can also delete files by size on your mobile device. How, please.

1. Open your Google Drive app and log into your account.
2. Tap Files in the bottom-right corner of the screen.
3. Tap Name underneath My Drive near the top of the screen.
4. Tap Storage used. This will arrange your files from largest to smallest. You can select My Drive and then Storage used again to list your files by smallest to largest.
5. Tap the three dots (…) next to the item you want to delete.
6. Tap Remove then Move to trash.

Items in your Trash&nbsp, according to Google’s app, are permanently deleted after 30 days. Here’s how to speed things up and empty your trash right away.

1. In the upper-left corner of the screen next to Search in Drive, tap the hamburger icon ( three stacked lines ).
2. Tap Trash.
3. Tap the three dots (…) in the top-right corner of the screen.
4. Tap Empty trash.

Gmail allows you to delete files according to their size.

In Gmail, you can also delete your files by size. Here’s how on desktop.

1. Log into your Gmail account.
2. Type has:attachment larger:10MB into the search bar and hit Search. This will show you all emails that have attachments larger than 10MB, from largest to smallest. You can use this format to filter by other size files, not just 10MB files.
3. Check the boxes to the left of each email you want to delete, then click the Trash icon across the top of your screen. It should be under Conversations.
4. Click Trash on the left side of the screento go to the Trash menu. If you don’t see Trash, click More and Trash should be in the expanded menu.
5. Click Empty trash now at the top of the screen.

You can delete files in the Gmail app similarly too. How, please.

1. Open your Gmail app and log in to your account.
2. Type has:attachment larger:10MB into the search bar and hit Search. This will show you all emails that have attachments larger than 10MB, from largest to smallest. You can use this format to filter by other size files, not just 10MB files.
3. Tap into the email you want to delete.
4. Tap the trash bin icon across the top of your screen.
5. Tap < in the top-left corner of your screen.
6. Tap the hamburger icon in the top-left corner of the screen next to Search in mail.
7. Tap Trash.
8. Tap Empty trash now.

Please take note that Trash automatically deletes files after 30 days.

2. Empty your spam folder

It’s simple to forget to clear your spam folder, and it can store in your Gmail account all of the necessary information. Emptying your spam folder — and your social or promotions folders — is another way to make space.

How to remove your Spam folder from your desktop, see below.

1. Log into your Gmail account.
2. Once you’re logged in, click Spam on the left side of the screen. If you don’t see Spam, click More and Spam should be in the expanded menu.
3. In your Spam folder, click Delete all spam messages now.
4. Click OK in the pop-up.

Here’s how to empty your Spam folder in the mobile app.

1. Log into your account using the Gmail app.
2. Tap the hamburger icon in the top-left corner of the screen next to Search in mail.
3. Tap Spam.
4. Tap the delete button to all spam messages or the empty message option.

3. Delete old or duplicate photos in Google Photos

Google also includes Google Photos in the 15GB of unrestricted storage that Google offers its customers. It’s a good idea to go through and delete old and duplicate photos and videos to make room for them because higher-quality ones can take up more space than text-based ones, especially higher-quality ones.

There’s no option to arrange your photos and videos from largest to smallest like in Google Drive and Gmail, so you’ll have to go through and delete items manually. By selecting a file and selecting the “i” for information from the top menu, you can check how much space it occupies.

How can I remove my Google Photos desktop photos and videos?

1. Log in to Google Photos and open it.
2. Scroll your mouse over photos and videos you want to delete and click the gray checkmark icon in the top-left corner of the photo or video. Do this to as many photos and videos as you want.
3. Click the trash icon in the top-right corner of the screen.
4. Click Move to trash.
5. Click Trash on the left side of the screen.
6. Click Empty trash near the top-right corner of your screen.
7. Click Empty trash again, and you’re set.

Here’s how to delete photos and videos from the Google Photos mobile app.

Apple users: If your Gmail account and iCloud account are connected, the two digital storage locations may be linked as well. All of your iPhone’s local photos will now appear in Google Photos when you enable the Backup &amp, Sync feature. If you delete a photo on Google Photos, then the local photo on your iPhone will also be removed. When the local photo is removed, it won’t appear on iCloud. When you try to delete an image from Google Photos, you’ll be able to tell if this is you. A pop-up window will inform you when you try to delete both files.

1. Log in to Google Photos and open it.
2. Tap the photo or video you want to delete.
3. Tap the trash can icon in the bottom-right corner of the screen.
4. Tap Delete.
5. Tap Library in the bottom-right corner of the screen.
6. Tap Trash.
7. Tap the three dots (…) in the top-right corner of the screen.
8. Tap Empty trash.
9. Tap Delete.

If you don’t click or tap Empty trash on either desktop or mobile, the photos and videos you’ve deleted will automatically be deleted after 60 days.

Bonus tip: Some Google Photos photos and videos can be smaller by a few megapixels. Doing so will give you some more space, but it will also lower the quality of your media. You can learn more about this from Google Support here.

4. When everything else fails, download your files to your desktop.

You can download your items and store them directly on your computer if your storage is nearly full and you are unable to part with any more items from your Google Drive, Gmail, or Google Photos.

Here’s how to download all your Google files for storage on another hard drive.

1. On your desktop, open and log into your Google Drive or Google Photos account.
2. Select the files or photos you want to download.
3. Click the three stacked dots in the upper-right corner of your screen.
4. Click Download. Note that Gmail will download messages as a .eml file.
5. Once the items are downloaded and moved onto your hard drive, feel free to delete them from your account and empty your trash bins.

You can download emails from Gmail in much the same way, but you have to download your emails one at a time. Even though this makes email downloading more difficult, it’s still possible. How do you download your Gmail emails?

1. Open and access your Gmail account on your desktop.
2. Click on the email you want to download.
3. Click the three stacked dots in the upper-right corner of your screen.
4. Click Download. Your emails will download as a .eml file.
5. Once your emails are downloaded and moved onto your hard drive, feel free to delete them from your account and empty your trash bins.

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