Google or Gmail storage full? Easy ways to quickly free up space

3 ways to clear space in your Google account

​Finding and deleting attachments is step one. Doing this task manually isn't going to cut it. That would take forever. Here's a simple, fast way to track down big files. 

• Open your Gmail account in a browser. In the Search box, type has attachment larger:10M and hit enter. You can sub in whatever size you prefer.
• You can filter further using the buttons under the search bar.
• Open each email individually, or mark the checkboxes next to each email you want to trash, then hit the trash can icon.

You can open up even more space by permanently deleting emails sitting in your spam folder. To do so:

• In the left-hand menu, click Spam. If you don’t see Spam, click More.
• At the top, click Delete all spam messages now. You can also open an individual email, then click Delete forever.

What about Google Drive? If you have years of docs, spreadsheets and other files saved, give those a cleanup as well.

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• Open your Google Drive by going to drive.google.com on a computer.
• In the left-hand menu, click Storage.
• This will bring up a list of all your files, sorted largest to smallest. If the smallest appear at the top, hit Storage used to filter.
• To remove a file, right click and choose Remove.
• Tip: Be sure to download or make a backup elsewhere if this is a file you might need down the road.

Within 24 hours, deleted items will show in the available space in your Google Drive account.