Need to reduce gmail storage?

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Here are some tips to reduce gmail storage in case you have a lot of email that is causing you to pay for the extra storage (because more than a certain amount costs $$)

 

  1. First, check Gmail’s storage breakdown: Go to drive.google.com/settings/stora
  2. Check what is using space in Gmail, Drive, and Photos
  3. Click on “Gmail” to see the main culprits
  4. Then, in the Gmail search bar, type: has:attachment larger:10M (finds emails larger than 10 MB)
  5. Sort by size, select several, and delete what you don’t need
  6. Try larger:5M   (anything 5Meg or larger)
  7. or larger:3M  (anything 3Meg or larger)

    Just deleting large attachments can instantly free up space.

  1. Delete entire categories in bulk Gmail automatically sorts emails  — use this to clean up quickly:
  2. Search: category:promotions (all promotional emails)
  3. Search: category:social (Facebook, LinkedIn, etc. notifications)
  4. Search: category:updates (receipts, confirmations) Check the box → “Select all conversations that match this search” Delete everything at once

 

 

Tested this on my own account – and it works — also cut down on my photos and more and I am down to 8GB (Google gives 15GB for free)

Google claims I have 4 years of storage left, but that means in a couple of years I have to cut more stuff.