Typically, Google Drive offers 15GB of free space to every user. If you are a paid Google Suite account holder, you can increase the limit of the storage space. To know if you need some more storage, all you need to do is check your Google Drive storage status. If you need extra space then you can buy it using Google One. That said, you can use a few tricks to get unlimited Google Drive Storage without purchasing it.
How to get unlimited Google Drive storage for students?
Google Drive allows you to store a large number of files, documents, images and videos. So, you may end up including stuff that you may not need anymore. However, these files and documents eat up a lot of your Google Drive space. So, you need to delete these files completely. Follow these steps to remove large files from your Google Drive.
Sign in to your Google Drive accountNext, on the left side of the screen find and click on the “Storage” option. You will then see a list of all the files in your Drive according to their sizes with the largest file at the top. You can then check if you need the large files else you can delete them.
To delete all such large files, click on the file and select the “delete icon” that you can see at the top of the screen.Also, some of the apps may come with hidden data. To get rid of the hidden data, find the gear-shaped icon on the upper- right corner of the Google Drive screen and click on it. Next, go to “Settings” and then select “Manage Apps” on the left.For apps having a note about hidden data, tap on the “Options” box to the right and then choose “Delete hidden app data”All the deleted files will remain in the Google Drive “Trash” for about a month. To get rid of them completely, you can go to the left corner of the screen and select the “trash” option.Next, click on the “Empty Trash” tab to clear all the deleted files.
Once you have cleared unwanted large files and documents, next, you can have a look at the photos. High-quality photos and videos you upload to the drive will take up a large amount of space in your Google Drive. To compress such photos, you can use Google’s “high-quality” option and bring down your images to 16MP and videos to 1080p. Doing this will help save a lot of storage space in your Google Drive.
For unlimited Google Drive storage space using “high-quality” option, follow the below-mentioned steps.
Sign in to your Google Photos accountNext, locate and click on the gear-shaped icon on the upper-right corner of the Google Drive screen and select “Settings”.
Next, select the “High-quality” option. While selecting this option, you will be asked if you want to switch to the “high-quality” format and compress the existing photos. In case you do not want to compress any of the photos, click on the “ Learn how to keep original files” link to get more instructions on saving the photos to your device. If not, you can click confirm to continue.
By following these simple steps, you can convert and compress all your photos and videos and increase the storage space. Yet another way to get unlimited storage space is to remove Gmail junk mail. While emails don’t take up a lot of space, emails with attachments eat up a lot of space. Also, some emails may come with larger attachments that you may not need. To find such emails with large attachments and remove them, follow these steps.
Sign in to your Gmail accountIn the search tab, type “has:attachment larger:10M”
Delete all emails that include attachments you don’t need anymore. If you want to save the message in the email,you can forward the message to yourself and remove the attachment manually before getting rid of the original email.Next, on the left end, click on the “Spam” folder and then click on the “Delete all spam messages now” link.All the deleted emails will remain in the Gmail account for 30 days. To get rid of those emails, go to the “Trash” folder and select “Empty Trash now”.
If you are a student, you can get unlimited storage space for free.
School or college administrators can sign up for Google for Education- a free service and offer their students and other staff members. However, to get unlimited Google Drive storage, students will need a .edu email. You can access all Google Drive handles using this .edu email. For free unlimited storage space, you need to sign in to your .edu email in Google Drive.
To get unlimited Google Drive storage space in your personal email, follow these steps.
Go to the Google Drive of your personal email and create a folder.Enter the .edu email and send. Next, open the Google Drive of the .edu email with whom you shared the folder.Next, tap on the “Share with me” option. You will see the folder you created in the Google Drive of your personal email. Right on it and click on “ add to my drive”.You can now upload all your files in the shared folder of the .edu email Google Drive.
This is how to get unlimited google drive storage for students! If you do not want to follow the above steps and want to save your time, you can simply sign-up for a G-Suite account and enjoy its benefits.
