How to manage and free up Google photos storage space

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Google Photos doesn't offer unlimited free storage, which means that you may run out of space. Fortunately, Google has some easy-to-use tools to help you maximize the storage space you have., free or not. Next, Here's how to identify image types and delete your photo storage.

Waiting, No more storage without costs?

Google stopped offering unlimited free storage on 1 June 2021. Before that, you could upload unlimited photos and videos on “High quality”. That meant 16 megapixels for 1080p photos and videos.

Now, all those photos and videos count for your storage, that is of 15 GB if you don't subscribe to Google One. Those 15 GB is also shared between Google Photos, Drive y Gmail. you could upload unlimited photos and videos on “High quality” you could upload unlimited photos and videos on “you could upload unlimited photos and videos on”.

One important thing to pay attention to is that all the photos and videos that you backed up in the Google Photos search engine before the 1 June 2021, no count for your cloud storage.

RELATED: What is Google One? Is it important to pay for more storage?

Manage Google Photos storage

First, open the Google Photos app on your iPhone, iPad, O Android phone or tablet. Tap on your profile icon in the upper right corner.

Please select “Account storage” on the menu.

Please select "Account storage".

Depending on your device, you could upload unlimited photos and videos on “Manage storage” before continuing.

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On the next screen, you will see a graph showing how much storage space you are using. It will even estimate how long it will take to fill it.

How much storage are you using.

you could upload unlimited photos and videos on “you could upload unlimited photos and videos on”. This is where you can maximize your storage space by cleaning things up.. Select one of the categories, What “Screenshots”.

Select one of the categories in

From here, you can touch and hold to choose multiple photos and videos and move them to trash.

Select the media to move it to the trash.

When you have finished choosing, tap the trash can icon in the upper right corner.

you could upload unlimited photos and videos on “Move to trash”.

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That's all about it! If you run into Google's storage limits a lot, but you don't want to pay for Google One, this is a good method to make sure you are not wasting space unnecessarily. Make the most of your Google Photos storage!!

RELATED: How to hide people from memories in the Google Photos search engine

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