Google gives users 15 GB of digital storage for free. That includes everything in Gmail, Google Drive, and any uncompressed images stored in Google Photos. It’s a lot of free space, but when you fully invest in the Google ecosystem, it fills up quickly. If you’re google email storage full, it might be time to move some emails to different folders or into the trash so that your email storage isn’t completely full anymore.
How can I free up space on Gmail?
Delete large emails in Gmail
- Open your Gmail account that you want to free up space.
- Now, type
has: attachment larger:10M
in the search box. - Click Enter.

- Select the emails you don’t need, then click Delete.
- Click More and then Trash.
- Click Empty Trash Now.
Delete emails in your Spam folder
- Open your Gmail account on your device.
- On the left, click More > Spam.

- Click Delete all spam messages now and then click Delete forever.
Remove data from apps (Google Drive)
- Go to Google Drive on your device.
- Click Settings > Settings > Manage apps.

- If there is any hidden data, you can find out the amount under the details of the app.
- Tap Options and then Delete hidden app data.
Transfer photos & videos to Trash
Note: To move photos and videos to the trash. Files in the trash will be automatically deleted after 30 days. You can restore files from your trash before the 30-day time window.
- Go to Google photos on your device.
- Select photos & videos that you want to move to the trash.
- Click Select (right icon).
- Click Delete and then Move to trash.
Will deleting emails free up Google storage?
I hope that you didn’t get to the point where google email storage is full because deleting emails will not free up Google’s storage. When your Gmail reaches a certain size limit, Google automatically sends you a warning and tells you what the limit is. If you want to increase the amount of space on your account, there are two things that can be done: stop having so many emails or pay for an upgrade in order to be able to store more messages.