Google provides 15 GB of storage to its users, which is shared among Gmail, Google Photos, and Google Drive. Now, it depends on the users how they use this storage. But, when this limit exceeds, you’ll get an error message “Gmail Quota Exceeded.” And when you receive this error, you won’t be able to send or receive emails. So, it’s important to manage your Gmail storage. Here are some ways that can help you manage Gmail storage.

Analyzing the Storage Space

To manage your Gmail account storage, it’s necessary to analyze the storage space distribution, as the storage is distributed among Gmail, Google Photos, and Google Drive. To analyze the Gmail storage:

Solution to Resolve “Gmail is Out of Space” Issue

  1. Delete Unnecessary Mails, Files, and Attachments

    The easiest method to free the space from Gmail account is to delete unnecessary emails, photos, and attachments. If you use Gmail in the mobile app, then there are chances that Google Photos has auto-synced all your images and videos. So, remove the unnecessary images and videos from Google photos to free the space. Make sure you create a backup of your photos before removing them.

    Open Google drive on your computer to view the listed files and remove unwanted files one by one.

    Also, in your Gmail, delete the largest or oldest email files. To search for large and old files, type “Larger:5m,” “Older_than:1y” in the search box, and then remove those files.

    Once you’re done removing all the unnecessary files, go to “Trash” folder and delete all the files permanently to fix this error “Gmail Quota Exceeded”

  2. Use Gmail to Gmail Migration Method

    If all your Gmail messages are important and you don’t want to lose any of them, then you can migrate them to another account for free. To migrate emails from One Gmail to another Gmail account, follow these steps;