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How can you recover Google storage on your phone? Are you getting warning messages your Google Storage is full? Here's how to clear your Google storage without deleting your photos, videos and files PLUS how to increase your Google Photos storage for free!
I fix the Google Account Storage is Full problem by using the "Clean up space" options to clear my Google Drive storage using my desktop, but if you use the links below you can clear Google Photos storage in phone. Then I use a "Recover Storage" option to reduce ALL the photos and videos in my Google Photos to Storage Saver Size. There is no option to see what photos & videos are in my Drive at Original Size, so the only way is to compress all the photos and videos to free up some storage.
Finally, I show a way to create a Google Account for storage JUST for Google photos... and set up my phone to upload and sync photos and videos with this new Google Account. We can then use Partner Sharing to share those Google Photos and Videos with my personal Google Account.
If this video helps, LEAVE A COMMENT below to say hi - I'd love to hear from you.
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If you turn on Partner Sharing on your phone, with yourself
When you change the account in the phone back to your original account that the new account has made a request to share with
When you accept that invitation
You get an option that says
"Auto-Save pictures from xxx (new account)"
"Include xxx's pictures in your photo grid, Memories and search results by automatically saving some or all content"
And button marked "Get Started"
Click this and it brings up an option to select and confirm
Turn On Auto-save so you never miss a photo from xxx
Automatically save certain photos to enjoy them in your photos view, memories and search results.
The photos that you save won't count towards your storage, as long as your partner continues to share them with you through Partner Sharing."
Choose what to auto-save
- Save all Photos
- Only save photos of selected people
- Don't save any photos.
I select Save all photos.
I think then you can delete photos in your new account, and they're still kept in your first account without taking up storage space quota. Back up to a hard drive to be safe.
THIS Q&A MIGHT ALSO HELP:
My new account has now synchronised with my phone but now I've got 2 accounts with the same photos on. Also if I backup to my computer and delete from my phone then the photos will delete from my accounts. Or if I delete photos from the original account then it also deletes them from my phone..aaaarr what am I doing wrong?
So sorry to hear this.
You can only be logged into one account at a time if that helps.
This is what I would do if it were me:
If you can backup to a computer, thats safest to keep them safe.
Turn off backup on both accounts.
Go into your old account and delete what you need to bring you under 15gb so that account works again - either from your phone or directly in Google Photos.
Don't switch on backup on your old account again
In the New account, delete everything or start a new new account.
Delete pictures from your phone, while logged into the new account.
Turn on backup so new photos are backed up to new account.
Unhelpfully google photos offers option to just backup or backup & sync (so deletions are mirrored in Google Photos and your phone) and it's hard for me to see which has been selected.
If you want to download everything on Google Photos for total safety, go to Takeout.google.com
Sorry again this is not straightforward & everyone's settings are different.
THE LINKS YOU NEED ARE:
GOOGLE ONE site
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GOOGLE PHOTOS RECOVER STORAGE:
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0:00 How to clear Google Drive storage in phone
1:12 How to reduce Google Drive storage to free up space
2:47 How to reduce size of photos and videos in Google Photos
5:24 How to increase Google Photos storage for free - Jak na to + styl
HOW TO USE PARTNER SHARING FOR UNLIMITED GOOGLE PHOTOS:
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HOW TO DOWNLOAD *ALL* YOUR GOOGLE PHOTOS & VIDEOS:
czcams.com/video/9lU-jfTKf5s/video.html
HOW TO FIX GOOGLE STORAGE SPACE FULL PROBLEM ON YOUR PHONE:
czcams.com/video/R_f1em_7mjU/video.html
IF GMAIL IS TAKING UP YOUR GOOGLE SPACE, IDEAS FOR REDUCING:
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THE LINKS YOU NEED ARE:
GOOGLE ONE site
one.google.com
GOOGLE PHOTOS RECOVER STORAGE:
photos.google.com/quotamanagement
IF GOOGLE PHOTOS SAYS "BACKING UP TO ANOTHER ACCOUNT"...
To change the account it backs up to...
Click on your avatar on the top right hand corner
This brings up a full screen menu
Scroll down to Photos settings, click on it
On 'backup' at the top of this menu, click on backup
Where it says the account it's backing up to (your old account?), click on the name
This should bring up a list of accounts you can choose - choose the new account here.
If the new account isn't showing here,
Click on the avatar on the top right hand corner on the home screen of Google Photos
This brings up a full screen menu, click on your account name at the top (which has a triangle in a circle next to it)
Scroll down to 'add another account'
sign in to your new account
This new account should be in the pull down in the first paragraph above
Hope this makes sense or helps
Let me know if it does or doesnt work
Good luck!
hi
What if you have no photos and the biggest file is in Document?
Hi Neil .. my google photos compressing takes 24 hours & still not showing any result .. & have restarted twice but still the same
Hi, I followed your instructions as you stated, I also replayed your video several times to make sure that I was doing it right and everything worked out as you instructed thank you for help. I've also subscribed to your channel, thank you again.
@@KennySanchez68 Hi - thanks for taking the time to leave a kind comment. Really pleased this might rescue your Google account. Thanks again, appreciate it.
Thanks Neil, My Google storage was maxed out. I followed your suggestion of uploading my 10 years plus of photos and videos in the compressed format, and it went down by HALF!. I have now added at least a couple of years to my 15G of Google storage. Can't thank you enough. I'm telling my friends about this. Thanks again!
That's really wonderful to hear Ghayassalem - thanks for taking the time to leave a kind message. I appreciate it.
how long does the compression process take?
Why are you trusting google with your pics mad memories? are you mad?
@@elixier33 exactly. do you know louis rossman? he talked about a dad who sent photos of his naked son to a doctor and then google flagged him as a criminal and deleted his whole account, which had a massive domino effect. he couldn't do anything to restore it.
I just want you to know that I have like 20 google accounts now
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Neil, fantastic stuff! Really appreciate you passing along this video. Thanks a ton!🙂
Thank you Neil, this was fantastic! I have been struggling trying to keep below the limit and this made a big difference. Really appreciate you taking the time to put this video and instructions together!
Next up is trying to figure out how to reduce the size of my Gmail while still having access to the emails offline!
Good plan Neil, but with one small catch! When you set up a new account and tell it to backup your photos, it will backup ALL the photos that are stored on your phone, not just the most recent year, which could mean several year's worth, so you'll be in the same position you were when you started. If you want an account for each year, for example, you'd need to make sure your phone ONLY had this year's photos on it. Then you'd need to delete them all from your phone before starting a new account for the next year. Also beware some services sync rather than backup, which means when you delete on your phone, it deletes them online too. The moral being to always backup photos onto a separate physical drive somewhere before doing anything clever!
Wise words Gordon!
Big thanks!
you can choose the folders you want to back up
use different folders for the photos that aren't backed up plz
thanks
@@meteorite_19 yes thats right
Is it also ok and easy to mass delete all photos from google without damaging photos on my iPhone?
I back up on my Mac already.
Thanks for advise
@@stevo19911991 Hi Stevo thanks for the kind question.
I say yes, but there is a risk that the photo will reupload or resync if the backup is turned back on.
If it were me - and I'm' sure you've considered this: I'd test it with some photos that you know have been backed up onto your Mac to be sure that deleting on Google Photos doesn't delete pictures on your phone. Good luck!
Such a gem of a video this is. Really helped me get from 15 GB to 8 GB in a matter of minutes
I've mustered my courage to follow these steps and resolved this perpetual darn storage limit anxiety once and for all. This is gold, thank you Neil.
With my years of photos safely stored in the old google account, I set my new account for photos 2024 onwards.
To save the new account from duplicating all photos, I transferred them all out of my phone into an external storage disk, leaving only 2024 photos in there - this is done before changing backup setting to the new account in google photo on the phone.
I can now toggle between 2 accounts in google photo to see the old and new. Best things ever and I hope more can benefit from your video...Thank you!
Be aware that google will delete your data if you no longer use their services for 2 years. And also there is high chance that you are backing up the same photos twice or more. So should be careful.
Thank you Neil! Wish I found this video sooner! Been such a hassle getting my storage down. You're a life saver! 🙏
Search and Read my comment before doing this. It simply shouldn't be done!!
Hii. Exuse me can you please explain to me how I can delete photos in my google photos without it deleting in my camera roll.
So I'm an amateur videographer. Each time I do an event, I would upload the footage to my Google Drive and then share it with the client. However this wasn't working out so good because the files would be eating up my storage. And after leaving the footage on my Drive for over a month I delete it and very next day the client wants to know where it went. So, I came up with a new system. Each time I do an event, I make a new Google account (sometimes two) based on the name of the event or the client, and upload the footage to that Drive. I then share the username and password with the client giving them full control of the account to do what they want with. Now the footage is not taking up my space nor the client's space and can stay there for eternity (or until Google decides to remove unused accounts etc...) I think it's a pretty smart idea.
Thanks for the kind message and suggestion, really appreciate it.
If it were me, I might probably use CZcams to upload to which has no limits and is easy to share... but appreciate that clients might be worried that it seems so public, even if it were set to unlisted or private, and also they would want the actual file to download.
Thanks again.
@sayididit excellent idea .... thanks for that suggestion. Very useful for content which needs to be stored , but not accessed frequently. M
@@neilmossey YT also downgrades the file of I'm not mistaken
@@neilmossey also, many times in sending completely unedited footage, which would mean needing to send a number of links as my camera saves a file every half hour. Also, sometimes I need to send pictures as well, which wouldn't really work with YT.
@@maursal9 yup, it would work for that as well. Just make sure you save the email address and passwords so you don't lose your stuff...
I watched a lot of videos, and I must say you are the one who is giving usable
value here. Cool Work!
Thanks for the very kind comment @kimzacho5268 - really appreciate it, and really pleased if it's helping.
Well done man. You are the most knowledgeable and erudite instructor I've ever seen on CZcams. Thank you!
Thanks for the kind comment Jerry, I am winging it but thanks.
@Neil..I have been trying for the past year to fix the storage issue but no one on CZcams has provided a step by step instruction better than you.. You are awesome, thank you
Buddy don't do this, you can land in big trouble. Say you create multiple accounts (for storage instance). Google knows everything, they know (with ip address, cache and spying) that how many accounts you have. You cant hide from them (since they themselves are spyware, rootkit in android). If they ban one of your account, you become ineligible for some Google services with rest of your accounts as well (sadly very harsh). Like for example if one of your google account is banned, you create android developer id (kind of Google service, services may differ) with another Google account. Even after paying, your Google service will be void for violating Google policies. Ban on one account can effect your every other account, and that is worst part of Google baba knowing everything.
& this is not a imaginery thing, many google accounts have been banned for violating google policies. Unfortunately there is no way to contact google making things worse. If your one google account gets banned, your every other google account is effected. & you are ineligible for any Google service unless u change your IP adress completely. Thats is Sad and Worst part!!
@@animalrecapped I transferred my photos from my old Google account to my new one and they say they don't take up space, even if I deleted the photo off the old account and my device the photo is still on my new account even tho it doesn't take up space, so contacted Google 3 months ago, and today they said thats normal and its good and i won't have any issues. My question is why don't they take up space?
Thank you. My desktop is now working on compressing the photos. BTW, I also like your style - full of smiles. A happy personality. God Bless you!
Thanks for the very kind comment Muhammed, I really appreciate it
Neil - very helpful video as my wife has been dealing with a space issue on her account for months now, and we are too thrifty to buy additional storage. I went to her Google Photos and chose to compress her existing photos as suggested. The process is still running, but has already saved .5 GB. Something else interesting happened. When her account was nearly full, Google was keen to offer addition storage (I think 100 GB) for $1.99 per month. The moment that I hit the compress button, the offer changed to a "Special" of $.49 per month for the same amount of storage. Google knows that there is a link between demand and price, I guess.
OHHHH thanks for that update @dbknox - Very funny that the offer changed!!!
Hope it does the job, and hope it helps to create a brand new account just for the photos to keep the account operational.
Not thrifty... I'd say wise!
Good luck and thanks again for the kind message!
How do you compress Google Photos? Please share.
Hahaha..
@@MariaMaria-sz1rm it's explained in the video
That $0.49 per month is for the first year, then it goes to $11.99 a month
Always avoid any kind of monthly payment if you can, its not always possible, but the more you avoid it the more disposable income you will have. Strive to be debt free, its a wonderful thing
Excellent advice. I have this setting enabled since forever on my Google photos. The quality is almost the same wjen viewing on my phone. I can't even remember how I discovered this option. Probably when I first got the message that my account was full. I also can't remember how many friends I've helped with the exact same issue. Glad there is a simple video for people to follow and enjoy unlimited space!!!
Thanks for taking the time to leave this kind message @dimosk7389 - I appreciate it! Good luck with your storage
Hi, I'm from Malaysia, a Training Provider company. Love your video. Clear and very informative. Thank you for this video!
Hello Malaysia! Thanks for the very kind comment GoldenTusks, really appreciate it.
If I can buy for some price +5 or +10 Gb of storage for all my life I would do so. But I do not want to buy subscription for years for my photos or stupid videos.
Too true, thanks for the kind message
Keep creating google accounts and you’ll get 15gb of storage with every account and one day google will ban all of your accounts due to violating it’s policies 👍
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Oh my God, thank you so much, I've been looking for something like this for a long time. You are a literal lifesaver.
Figurative 😊
Thank you. I've had four google accounts running since 2018 and it's been trouble free. The thing I mostly took from this was step 4, partner sharing - genius, well done!
Brilliant tips. I have gone through many other websites/videos/articles to manage google storage, but yours is the best I have come across.
You are brilliant! Thanks for explaining so well! I shared on my facebook page! Hope it helps others, too!
Thanks for the v kind comment @Darcischulze5138 , really appreciate it!
Great job Neil, your video is superb and to the point. Thanks!
Thanks for the kind message Arthur, I appreciate it!
Good luck with your storage!
Amazing. Was right there all along and we didn't see it. I'm already maxed out on the 100gb plan and was about to upgrade to with another 200gb. I'll see how to incorporate this to my account. Thanks for making this video
Both of you, your little lad at the end of your video and yourself, Mate Neil are rocking. Very helpful, insightful, and entertaining. Have a good time at the UK.
Thanks for the kind message - good luck with your storage Ramon!
Neil YOU ARE A GENIUS!!!
And from now on also my hero.
I asked so many people for help dealing with my "out of storage" situation and no one had the solution.
Thank you so much!
Thanks for the very kind message Adva, I appreciate it.
Good luck with your storage!
If he was a genious he wouldnt be using google to backup his services at all! Not cool, you cant fix stupid!
What a brilliant video Neil !! Followed this with you yesterday and ow I have more free space :D- Thank you !
Many thanks for the kind comment @soyouwanttobeaceo - I really appreciate it. Glad something in here might help and good luck with your storage!
Thank you a lot! this helped me a lot. I've been out of storage on my Google account for months now. I tried to free it up by deleting some of the screenshots that were saved up on my google photos and I didn't need them but it didn't help a lot and I didn't want to delete anything else. Again, thank you because it helped so much and I just can't thank you enough! :)
Thank you Naul, that was a very briliant idea. wish you all good.
Thanks for the kind comment, I appreciate it
Thank you so much for your good work Neil.
Thanks for the kind message @animeshupadhyay - I appreciate it
Thank you Neil. This video is the best ever!! You saved me a lot of hassle and headache. You are the Man!! I just subbed to your channel
Thanks for the kind comment André, good luck with your storage!!!
Thanks, Neil, My Google storage was maxed out. I followed your suggestions. I'm back to normal. Can't thank you enough. I'm telling my friends about this. You are a star....Thanks again!
Thank you for "taking the time" to do this video I found it very helpful😊
Thanks for the kind comment tyh.
so basically, i'm a screenshot guy, i tale ss of everything i see, and i've like 13k ss on my phone, since morning of 30th july(today) my phone stopped acessing any screenshots ! i was like so so pissed, and i came here, and it helped me a lot . now i'm taking ss of this youtube channel to remember that how it helped me .
Thanks for the kind message - my other videos in the description show how to set up another account just for your pictures to partner share back to your original account without taking up space. Good luck with your storage
@@neilmossey sure.
Thank You Sir. I'm from the Philippines and just new here. I did the steps from 15gbp now down to 3gb. What a relief! You're an angel sent from above!
Thanks for the kind message simplemind19, I really appreciate it. Good luck with your storage!
@@neilmossey Yes Sir. I hope more people will find your youtube page and also be able to resolve their concerns thru this. God Bless you always :)
Thank you!! Thank you!! Thank you!! Thank you!! Thank you!! Thank you!! I've been so stressed about what to do about freeing up storage due to all my photos. All of the "out of storage" emails were driving me nuts and I didn't know what to do. Yours is the first video I clicked on and I know I do not need to look any further for help! Thank you!! Thank you!!
That's so great to hear - thanks for the very kind comment.
The playlist in the description has some ideas for staying under the limit permanently if you can face it (I can't face it!)
Good luck with your storage and thanks again, I appreciate it!
Yes I had the same idea and now have 3 gmail accounts. Thanks for sharing, love your channel.
Thanks for the lovely comment Jess!
I’m going to try this later on. I used to reduce the quality and it would work for a bit. Suddenly I couldn’t find that option any longer. Thanks for these tips.
Thanks for the kind message Emeraldsroses, really hope this helps. Bizarrely Google removed this option from the phone app but leave it on the desktop site.
Good luck with fixing your account.
Thank you so much for this clear, step-by-step helpful advice! You are amazing!!
My sediment exactly 💯%
hi, thanks for the big help! Just got worried a day ago that I have to delete some files, pics and videos to lessen the storage, and I found your video! I followed your instructions and now my storage got more than 4 years left..Thanks again!
Thanks for that Neil. I'd signed up for extra Storage but will give your advice on compression a try and cancel. Keep up the good work.l
Thanks for the kind message Edmund - really appreciate it
Good luck with your storage!
thank youu sooo soooo much man i was literally fed up with this problem but its all set now again thank you very much😭🙌🏽 subscribed!!💖🥰👍🏽
That's really great to hear Namita, thanks for taking the time to leave this kind comment - really pleased it might help your Google account!
I wish all videos were this good ...clear and concise ...thank you very much
Thanks for the kind comment MiaPlantSoup - good luck with your storage!
Cheers Man facing this problem from a longer time. Your support & guidance worked like magic.
Thank you
Thanks for the very kind message Rahul - good luck with your storage
Man,u did a very great job,belive me I was facing space shortage problem last couple of weeks and once i get this message I was irritate, you solve my problem, thanks buddy
That's really great to hear - thanks for taking the time to leave this kind message, I appreciate it!
Your dedication and efforts are truly inspiring. Wishing you continued success and accomplishments in all your endeavours. Keep up the fantastic work!
Thanks for the very kind comment Sayalitambe, I really appreciate it
@@neilmossey is this method still working?
maybe my desktop is the issue
Neil - Very Clever! That was a nice piece of creative thinking. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Neil for your help with the storage problem. You're a genius.
Hey, thanks a ton for this excellent video Neil. Great job. I did exactly step by step as you told in this video. Just have one query, after making a new account and turning backup on it started to backup my old photos again which i had already backed up in my previous a count. Should i delete them all from phone? Pls help.
So helpful and clearly explained. Thanks! You just saved me $ and stress :)
That is really great to hear Virginia.
Thanks for taking the time to leave a lovely comment and hope you manage to get the storage down
Thank you so so much for this , Neil!
Thanks for the video, been trying to free up storage without large compression to them and this worked wonders
Great stuff - thanks for taking the time to leave this kind message Cherry Cola, I appreciate it!
Thank you for making this video. This really helped me to save the storage :D
That's awesome to hear. Thanks for the very kind comment
Hi Neil, I came across your channel by chance, then I liked what I saw, and then, as a natural consequence, I subscribed to your channel.
This is an interesting alternative to get more space in Photos and I had thought about it before. I have a couple of questions on this method.
1) Once I log into my new Google account in my mobile phone, will I be able to get my messages from my regular Gmail account? As far as I know, you can only have one Google account active at a time.
2) If I share the new account with my older account, I will be able to watch my photos and videos from my new account in my old account, but how do I watch the photos stored in my old account? Won't I need to log in to my old account to access those photos?
3) Many of the photos in my mobile phone are going to get duplicated in my new account (since they were already backed up in my old account), how to resolve this issue?
I hope I am not asking too many questions.😊
Thanks and regards in advance. Good day to you.
Thank You so much!!! It helped me a lot from my frustrated storage issues
This still works just tried It, THANK YOU Neil!
i did it!!!! thank you so much my friend for sharing your knowledge.
Thanks for the kind comment @oscar86456 - really pleased it might help
You, Sir are a star!
I've been procrastinating for months and now have a viable solution! Thank you! 👌🏻
Thanks Pete, I know that feeling!
You have no need to watch another video, but if you're curious about using Partner Sharing with yourself to stay under 15GB, there's a new video here...
czcams.com/video/hjMCcod6mCM/video.html
Thanks again for the kind comment, really appreciate it.
Neil, I don't know how to thank you! Appreciate it a lot!
Thanks for the kind comment Mitra and good luck with your storage!
What a great video - I love the album a year idea :) Is there any way/setting to only back up photos taken this year other than all of my photo backing up to my newly created account?
You're such a blessing and you laugh to make it all so genius! Thank you 😊
Thanks for your very kind comment Siki, I really appreciate it!
This is really helpful thank you so so much. You reminded me of things I'd discovered a while ago but didnt take too much notice of (and now desperately need to do something about my storage) - and you've included in this video everything that i need to do. Brilliant.
Just one thing - (not too bad in this video), but in others, the sound effects are sooooo annoying that its very off-putting and may even be a reason I can't watch any more. This is such a shame because the content is really useful. It also makes a nice change to hear a fellow Brit rather than an American voice (which I like, but still, nice to hear an English accent)!!
I agreed. The sound....
Thank you so much. That's exactly what I was looking for.
I don't know why your video appeared on my feed, but it was godsent. This is exactly what I needed. Liked and subscribed!
Thanks for taking the time to leave this very kind comment
@sanchofagasta64, I really appreciate it.
Good luck with your Google storage
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Thanks 4 sharing!!!
Big thanks for the kind message Nikita, really appreciate it!
Great easy to watch video !! Just love it ! And all that space I can save Thanks🙂
Thanks for the kind comment Arfur, I appreciate it!
Thank you ... your detailed explanation and the info is stellar... you have earned a sub!
Thanks for the kind message Godspursuit, good luck with your storage!
Billions of THANK YOU TO YOU. Neil Mossey
Great stuff - glad it might help thanks Blue Pea
As a professional photographer, I prefer shooting in raw and so do I like to save some of my important files even after editing them already.
Wouldn't compressing the files not also ruin the RAW pictures?
That's why I prefer original.
Thanks
Thanks for the kind question AWA Ereck - absolutely - but the comments I've been receiving question if Google Photos is the right place for them to store those RAW images, given we have no idea what Google will be charging 3 months from now, let alone 3 years and the amount of storage needed will only go up too... Some even like Google Photos for its search to look up original photos at high res stored locally or on external drive... This video is just here to help people recover their Google Account if they don't want to go into that long term paid relationship with no exit strategy. If you like storing on Original, that's awesome. Thanks again
this is actually brilliant. gongs and noises are a little annoying FYI, but thanks so much for this very helpful info. great tips. well done.
Thank you so much for this video. It helped me a lot with the storage stuffs...
Thanks for the kind message Esha - appreciate it!
I could definitely see this working, however, make sure you have removed the old photos from your phone to exterior storage, or it will keep backing up All the photos.
Totally - always the safest option. Thanks for the kind comment.
Thanks so much! Finally some tech advice that works! I did find that in order to change the Google Photos backup account on Apple devices (phone & tablet), I had to uninstall the app and then reinstall under the new photos account. Thanks again!
It's worth a try..lots of steps, but I'm sick of paying Google
Too true - this is very fiddly, I've made a video just about recovering the account only using only a phone but it sounds like you might be aiming foe an external drive - good luck!
Thank you for an excellent video on how to fix my google storage problems. I am now planning how to organise my photos and storage from here on.
Great video! I cleaned up my files and photos and backed them up on an external drive. I freed up 10GB!
Thanks for the kind comment - really pleased it might help. Good luck with your storage.
Great video !! Helps me a lot as I am not high tech savvy at all !! Lol. Still learning a lot !! Yours was very easy to understand, so I just subbed to your channel 😀 👍👍💜🥁🐉🎤🎶💞
Thanks for this kind comment too Spark!
Yes I agree
@neilmossey Oh -! I missed this !? You're very very welcome ! 👍🙏 💜🥁🐉🎤🎶💞
@@anja2716 Yay ! 👍💜🥁🐉🎤🎶💞
Thank you very much, I freed up 4 years worth of storage
That's fantastic, really appreciate the kind comment thanks
This has solved my problem I’ve had with my ac for years. Finally! A permanent fix. Thanks a lot much appreciated & I’m certainly going to check out your other vids. Im all for the tips tricks! I’m actually excited 😂
Absolute life saver!! Great video, and thank you. Worked perfectly.
Thanks for the kind message -- really pleased it might work @charminglynee
Good luck with your storage!
Holy moly this is such a life-saver! Thank you a ton!
Thanks for taking the time to leave this very kind message - really pleased that it might help.
@@neilmossey You're so kind to find them to even reply to each of the zillion comments Neil....Wow, God bless you.
THANK YOU SOOOOOO MUCH FOR THIS!!!!!!!
Thanks for the kind comment Robin, I appreciate it!
Great Tips, Neil!
Many thanks for the valuable advice and method to save & reduce the amount of data on Google !
Big thanks for the kind comment
Good luck with your Google storage!
Thank you so much!! No matter what I deleted it kept refreshing to full, it was driving me mad. I am not tech savvy at all, thank you for making this so easy to follow, you are a lifesaver 🎉
Your joy , knowledge, your findings.. sharing all those tips are useful and of assistance.
Thanks for the very kind message Adriana, really appreciate it. Good luck with your storage!
I love this video because you just think like a Nigerian man cause who want to pay for subscription for life 😂😂😂. love from Nigeria 🇳🇬.
Haha thanks - what a compliment!
Really appreciate the kind coment
This was amazing! i followed step by step! thanks so much!
Thanks for the very kind message Chantall, I appreciate it!
Good luck with your storage!
Thank you so much for the information....this really makes it easy to clear the storage without spending money or deleting....😊
Good video and tips, but the cost of a 100 GB Google Drive is only $1.99 a month or $9.99 a month for 2 Terabytes.
*Sir...*
*If i delete those large attachment files from my gmail.. will it also get delete from my mobile device or gallery...???*
The idea look amazing, sure will try it,thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Wow, you're awesome, saved me some money and huge headache with this storage issue. Thank you so much
After I got rid of 8gb google doc files I found out that I had permanently deleted the major file i use daily.
I contacted google support and within 15 min, all the permanently deleted files were restored. did it via chat. this happened maybe a year or so ago and my office person had to contact them. this time i did it. the important thing is do not delay a single second!! at a certain point, even they can't help you. do not panic; just contact them.
That's extremely helpful to know, thanks for the kind comment Harold!
Life saver content 😍
Thanks for the kind comment!
Thanks Neil, you nailed it!
@Krangan Thanks for the kind comment Kasturi - I really appreciate it. Good luck with your storage!
Thank you I had tried everything and your advice worked 👍
Hello Neil. Thank you SO MUCH for this video. However, when I created my 2nd account, I cannot see ALL of my photos in my original google photos account. Also, condensing the files in my original account, only gave me a small amount of additional storage. Are there any other tips you can offer? And, since I "partnered" my two accounts, I should be able to see all new photos there too? What happens when my original google photos account becomes full? OR, will my new photos back up to my new account? Sorry for all the questions, I am just SO happy to find you. I appreciate your help.
Hi Brenda - thanks for the kind comment and sorry about this, I share your frustrations and questions!
- When the second account is created I don't know why photos would go missing in the first account.
If you go into the first account and check the "Bin" or "Trash" to make sure nothing has been inadvertently deleted. And do this quickly because they're only kept there for 30 days.
For the small amount of gain from condensing, all I can offer is to check that drive or gmail aren't taking up space and to delete the big pictures or video files.
To download everything for safety, you can download the contents of the account (like google photos) using Google Takeout, there's a walkthrough here if you can bear another video:
czcams.com/video/9lU-jfTKf5s/video.html
Or to check Gmail for big files, there's this video here:
czcams.com/video/sNs5dhcv0F4/video.html
For partner sharing you should be able to see the photos in the same place.
Make sure that both accounts have accepted the invitation both ways.
So second account has accepted the invite from the first account, and first account has accepted the invitation from the second.
Go into Google Photos, click on "sharing" on the bar on the left hand side, or at the bottom of the app screen.
Click on the shared account.
There should be 2 prompts at the top - on desktop it says "Turn on Auto Save" - do this because it saves the other account's pictures to your account without taking up space! Even if you delete them on the other account!
On the right hand side it should say "See these photos along with your own" Click on this so you see everything in the one regular place.
Make sure your phone backs up to the second new account only.
At the moment, if you have Partner Sharing turned on and set up as above if you delete the pictures in the new account the shared pictures should stay in your original account.
It's easy to test this by taking a picture on the second account and deleting it to see if it stays in the first account.
So sorry this is a lot to take in - it really isn't made very easy for us.
Even to just run it in a regular way.
Hope this helps.
FINALLY! I found someone like me 😂
(Using all the storage up with photos)
Haha yes! Good luck with finding a fix!
@@neilmossey Thank you :)
And thank you for your tips!
Amazing completely on point ..was so annoyed my one drive and email always full