Google Storage Limits & How to extend it?
Google provides storage space in its cloud with these two services.- Google Drive + Photos + Gmail - Combined limit -> 15 GB
- Dropbox -> 5 GB
Check Storage Used by Category
Before extending the memory space, lets first check:- How much space You are utilizing in each category in this link -> https://www.google.com/settings/storage
- This page shows how much space is used for Google Photos, Drive & Gmail.
Opt for Unlimited Space in Google Photos
With Photos, Google provides such an wonderful option to optimize images.Note: Remember, this option would reduce the file size & also its quality. Further it is an unrecoverable step.Here is the link to reduce all image sizes in Google Photos (https://photos.google.com/settings) . In this page click Recover Storage to compress images. There are 2 benefits in this option: This gives not only reduced space, it also gives unlimited space for Photos + 15 GB is for Google Drive & Gmail. Yes, You heard it right. It is unlimited space for storing Photos online if you choose Google's high quality image setting.