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# Google: Free up storage space in 3 simple steps!
- URL: https://www.jeffsu.org/productivity-ping-76/
- Published: 2023-03-03T01:00:27.000Z
- Updated: 2025-09-05T13:07:38.000Z
- Description: #76
- Author: Jeff
- Tags: #newsletter, Gmail, Google Drive

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## How much space do I have right now?

- Navigate to this link to check your storage usage: [https://drive.google.com/settings/storage](https://drive.google.com/settings/storage?ref=jeffsu.org)

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Did you know that your Gmail, Google Drive, and Google Photos ***share** storage space?

## 3 Steps to Free up your Google storage

**Step 1 -** Click this link ([https://drive.google.com/drive/quota](https://drive.google.com/drive/quota?ref=jeffsu.org)) to sort your Google Drive files by size, and delete files you haven’t used in the last 3 years

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/db/85/db858a9d-1c4f-4993-8042-faa87b9bb3c1/content/images/2023/03/image.png)

**Step 2 -** Check how much storage space your photos are taking up ([https://photos.google.com/quotamanagement](https://photos.google.com/quotamanagement?ref=jeffsu.org)), and scroll down to the “Review and delete” section

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/db/85/db858a9d-1c4f-4993-8042-faa87b9bb3c1/content/images/2023/03/image-1.png)

**Step 3 -** Search your Gmail for emails larger than 10MB, and delete the ones you know you won’t need anymore

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/db/85/db858a9d-1c4f-4993-8042-faa87b9bb3c1/content/images/2023/03/image-2.png)

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****Pro tip:** The largest emails are usually the ones with attachments, so you can also search for all emails with attachments

## ⌨️ Keyboard shortcut

- SHIFT + 3 to delete an email within Gmail

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