It is essential to manage Gmail’s storage regularly so that the flow of your important emails is not interrupted. Since Gmail’s storage is shared with Google Drive and Google Photos, space can fill up quickly. Large attachments, old files and photos and videos kept in backup are responsible for this. When your account reaches the storage limit, new emails are no longer accepted. Therefore, it is necessary to clean the storage from time to time. Let’s learn how you can effectively clear your cluttered emails.

Reasons for email storage filling up quickly

The main reason why Gmail’s storage fills up quickly is that it contains all your data. This includes: emails from the Inbox, sent messages, drafts, attachments, files from Google Drive, and Google Photos backups. Sometimes, the inbox appears normal, but old attachments and uploaded videos take up a lot of space. Additionally, deleted emails lying in Trash and Spam also take up space unless you delete them completely.

How to clear Gmail storage?

Empty Trash and Spam

Deleted emails remain in the Trash for 30 days and take up your storage. So, go to Gmail, open the Trash and Spam folders and delete all the emails permanently. This will free up space in your storage immediately.

Delete large emails and attachments

Large attachments take up the most space in Gmail. You can use Gmail’s filters to remove these: has:attachment larger:10MThis will show you all emails larger than 10MB, Delete these as needed, and if there are any important attachments, download them first,

Delete newsletters and promotional emails

Too many emails often accumulate in the Promotions tab. Go to Promotions, select all emails and delete them. Also, do not forget to unsubscribe from those senders who receive frequent mails. This will reduce email burden in future.

Use Google One Storage Manager

This tool from Google tells you what is taking up most of your storage, like Gmail, Drive or Photos. In this you will see large files, old attachments and other unnecessary things, which you can easily remove. Through this, you can also manage storage in places other than Gmail.