How to Clean Up Gmail Storage? Complete Step-By-Step Guide

Is your Gmail storage full? It’s not just you, but many of us are facing the same issue.

In today’s world, managing Gmail storage is important for smooth and efficient communication.

This article will help you with practical and effective steps to declutter and optimize Gmail storage to dig up lost space and improve overall performance.

From identifying large attachments to utilizing Gmail’s built-in tool for cleaning, you will get a complete step-by-step guide to managing your Gmail storage like never before.

How to clean Gmail storage?

Gmail provides 15 GB of free storage space for files, images, and other media. Once it’s full, sending and receiving new emails, as well as accessing certain G Suite apps, are not possible.

To fix this, you can either delete unnecessary files from your storage or upgrade to a Google One account, which starts at Rs 130 per month.

It can be difficult to locate and remove these files from your account.

So now, let’s talk about the accessible and effortless steps to organize unnecessary files, attachments, and emails, leading to a cluttered inbox and reduced storage space.

Check out the complete step-by-step guide.

Delete Files by Size

Step 1: From a desktop PC, head over to https://drive.google.com/#quota.

Step 2: Log in to your Gmail account.

Step 3: There, it will list all your files in descending order in terms of space occupied.

Step 4: Permanently delete the files you do not require anymore.

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Delete Mails With Attachment

Step 1: Go to Gmail.com and log in to your Google account.

STEP 2: In the Search bar, type “has: attachment larger than 5M.” 

Step 3: This will bring up all emails with attachments of over 5MB in size. 

(You can add file size of your choice.)

Step 4: Select emails you do not need and tap the delete button.

Empty Your Trash

Step 1: Log in or sign up to your Gmail account.

Step 2: Tap on the empty trash button to free up space in your account.

Step 3: Now head over to the Spam folder from the left navigation bar.

Step 4: Now click on ‘Delete all spam messages now, and then confirm.

Clean Google Photos

STEP 1: Click on the URL https://photos.google.com/search/_tra_

Step 2: Log in with your Gmail account ID and password.

Step 3: You will see all your images and videos uploaded to Google Photos by the upload date.

STEP 4: Review the images Select all duplicate images or videos you wish to delete and tap on the trash icon.

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Use Google One Store Manager

Step 1: Go to the Google One website.

Step 2: Sign in to your Google account.

Step 3: Click on the Storage tab. 

Step 4: Tap on the Manage Storage button.

Step 5: Delete all unnecessary stuff.

Some other ways to clean Gmail storage are:

• Delete all unread emails.
• Delete all old emails.
• Tidy up your Google Drive.

Besides all the above steps, you can also use some popular third-party apps to free up Google and Gmail storage. Like Gemini Photos, KeepSafe, CCleaner, Disk Drill, etc. These third-party apps can be a simple and quick way to make Google space. It’s crucial to remember that these programs might not be able to remove every piece of information from your accounts. So, it’s better to clear up the space manually.

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