"Every new Google email account comes with 15GB of free storage -- a solid offer at no cost. However, that space can fill up fast, especially since it also covers files in Google Drive and Google Photos. If your inbox is cluttered with unread newsletters and sneaky spam, there's a way to clean house without losing important messages. With the right approach, you can preserve what matters while giving yourself a fresh start."
"Also: Gmail is making it a whole lot easier to clean out your inbox on Android There is always the option of manually cleaning out your Gmail inbox or downloading some material to your local drive. What a pain, though, right? And, chances are, you'll only eliminate so much junk before those gigabytes start stacking up again. I should note that Google offers a way to by upgrading to a Google One account. The "Basic" plan costs $24 per year for 100GB."
"If you're going through this process, you're likely serious about retaining emails that could span years. So, as an added safety measure, it's a good practice to back up your emails on your computer or an external hard drive before transferring them back into the cloud. Also: 6 hidden Android features every user should know - and how they make life easier To do this, go to and select "Google Photos" and/or "Drive" as the products you wish to export, then follow the prompts."
Every new Google email account includes 15GB of free storage shared across Gmail, Google Drive, and Google Photos, and that shared quota can fill quickly. Manually deleting messages or downloading items locally can be tedious and often insufficient to reclaim significant space. Upgrading to Google One provides more storage (Basic plan: $24 per year for 100GB), but a free approach involves exporting and backing up essential files, then resetting cloud storage. Use Google Takeout to export Drive and Photos (and Gmail), then store backups on a computer or external HDD. Large exports can take hours, as a 75,000-email test took about two hours.
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