Gmail storage full

[cheeryble 932]

I got the following message today.

I thought to start trimming and discarding photos videos etc, but am presently haveng probs.

Anyone know how long before Gooogle starts holding my mail etc?

On reflection id guess they have to allow for people to disappear for quite long periods of sickness, travel, retreat etc.

 

Or is it worth paying?

How much?

 

I consider the 99c per month for iCloud storage OK and subscribe.

[tifino 8,422]

geez... I've never begun to ever think there was ever a limit to gMail!

 

anyways it must be hitting you so bad, your posted image didn't even come up...

all I see is:

 

<Error>

<Code>AccessDenied</Code>

<Message>Access Denied</Message>

<RequestId>85D735B15669173F</RequestId>

<HostId>

+Ggbe6brrz04Sx6SZ4j+qvFQ66DImVjCIAGkjwEPCiMZ4dWjFqC3n3c/vdLKqm4Q1QyRmHxHs8I=

</HostId>

</Error>

 

 

also... I've never encountered any sort of time limit expiry...

(Now firstly I have quite a few smartphones lying around) - which sort of logically means many have not been picked up (actively opened) for months/years; as I use all those surplus phones for Alfred CCTV App etc etc  

 

so the above alludes to another avenue to avert concerns about overfilling gMail

- as what I do is make a new gMail account, for each and every phone (there is no limits, to Infinity)   Splitting your existence on gMail also means you can at anytime see any file/image, from any of those many phones; by Syncing them. 

 

Edited January 13, 2020 by tifino

[CGW 9,859]

As they have every single mail you have ever received & sent stored away (including junk) you can go into settings and download then delete, deleting will give you storage, the mails they have will stay their for eternity if  you ever need to go back in time.

[gamb00ler 580]

Sign up for Google Photos.  Fee unlimited storage.  Accessible through browser and separate app

[johng 17,123]

First you should check the Google photos and Drive  that is probably where all the space is being used.

 

5 minutes ago, CGW said:

the mails they have will stay their for eternity if  you ever need to go back in time.

But if you delete them as you suggested then they are not available any more..yes Google may have a copy somewhere but it won't be in your Gmail inbox will it ?

[johng 17,123]

@cheeryble    maybe you should consider getting a USB backup hard drive to keep all your important stuff   videos,photos etc

then remove them from google servers to reclaim space.

 

also consider an "offline"  mail reader 

 https://www.askvg.com/ultimate-collection-of-best-free-alternatives-to-microsoft-outlook-email-client/

then you can keep a copy of all your e-mails on your computer and back them up to the USB hard drive..and still leave them on googles servers if you wish.

[cheeryble 932]

I just went to sigh up for Goog photos I already have,

 

But it said my quota was full but I had an option to back up HD photos for free.

Do I need more than HD? 

Doubt it

So I clicked and its back unjust a few hundred pics.

Also offering to FREE UP SPACE 11753 items to delete from this device.

Does that mean delete delete or stick in an accessible google cloud I wonder?

Ah backup complete.

(twiddling thumbs what next)

[cheeryble 932]

2 minutes ago, johng said:

@cheeryble    maybe you should consider getting a USB backup hard drive to keep all your important stuff   videos,photos etc

then remove them from google servers to reclaim space.

 

also consider an "offline"  mail reader 

 https://www.askvg.com/ultimate-collection-of-best-free-alternatives-to-microsoft-outlook-email-client/

then you can keep a copy of all your e-mails on your computer and back them up to the USB hard drive..and still leave them on googles servers if you wish.

Funny enough theres an ext HD outside in the carport.

I figured t may be wrecked in a move but should try.

I think something wasn't right last time.

If good can use Time Machine.

[cheeryble 932]

Well yes I found the WD ext HD.

looks slightly rusty but worth a shot
The trouble is the connector doesn’t fit my MacBook Air or my iPad mini

I wonder if I can get an adapter for less than Apple prices and also wonder how much external drives cost Thursday’s cost these days I bet they’re cheap.

 

While I’m here when I use the MacBook it remembers my Thaivisa And signs me in.
On the mini which I use much more, the app I mean the TV app has hasn’t worked for months. When I go to Safari and open there It doesn’t sign in automatically… Boring. This happens although I always click remember me

[donnacha 5,402]

Don't waste your precious time deleting attachments to old emails, keep everything.

Pay $2 a month or $20 a year for another 85 GB of storage, giving you a total of 100 GB.

People are reluctant to sign up to subscriptions but, in this case, you should think of it as paying for a small device that gives you all the benefits of a well-designed, fast, searchable storage of a lifetime of email, along with backups, word processing, photo editing and storage, spreadsheets, calendar, slideshows, and anything else you use Google for. That price is a steal.

Seriously, don't waste your time combing through old emails, that's a real rabbit hole, and any space you manage to claw back will soon be filled up again anyway. Solve the problem permanently in under a minute by biting the bullet and whipping out your credit card.

Just for comparison, I pay $12 a month for G Suite which lets me have Gmail and all the other services running under my own domain, and unlimited storage. I am currently using 38 TB, so, your situation is a lot easier than mine 

 

[johng 17,123]

50 minutes ago, cheeryble said:

The trouble is the connector doesn’t fit my MacBook Air or my iPad mini

They don't have a USB port !  ? 

 

51 minutes ago, cheeryble said:

wonder how much external drives cost

You can get a 1TB external USB drive for about 1000 baht

https://www.lazada.co.th/products/wd-my-passport-1tb-blue-usb-30-hdd-25-wdbynn0010bbl-wesn-internal-harddisk-harddrive-i160585158-s193398666.html

[tifino 8,422]

1 hour ago, johng said:

First you should check the Google photos and Drive  that is probably where all the space is being used.

 

But if you delete them as you suggested then they are not available any more..yes Google may have a copy somewhere but it won't be in your Gmail inbox will it ?

so long as the GooglePhotos, GoogleDrive doesn't eventually END; like Google+

for then there is the big scramble, to move all that big rainy day job, in a limited countdown period... 

 

there are Apps though, that moving easier: 

 

Sms to Mail Archiver - which I have had for 2 years, great for emptying sms to email

 

SMS Backup+    - god for scheduling sms moves to designated email acct

 

 

 

after all, SMSs easily clog the phone too, when you add up SMS'd photos sent/received and fill the Logs

 

Edited January 13, 2020 by tifino

[johng 17,123]

57 minutes ago, tifino said:

so long as the GooglePhotos, GoogleDrive doesn't eventually END; like Google+

Exactly   + I have never liked the idea of my "stuff"  being stored on "the internet"    much prefer to have full control over  what is stored,when and who can access it.. so physical local backup to hard drives is what I do.

 

Now for sharing those large files you want to share with others Google drive is great !

[CGW 9,859]

23 hours ago, johng said:

But if you delete them as you suggested then they are not available any more..yes Google may have a copy somewhere but it won't be in your Gmail inbox will it ?

No, but still stored within "google" you would have to download to read which you can do through settings, its not a one step process though, they don't make it easy, it also takes them a few days to send the files to you. (access via account>etc.) When you see what they have stored there you may be surprised.

[johng 17,123]

7 minutes ago, CGW said:

When you see what they have stored there you may be surprised.

Yes I was  surprised  at my wife's "takeout"

 

mine was much better..mind you they did have ( before I turned it off ) some  "shocking" you tube search results !!!

 

10 minutes ago, CGW said:

but still stored within "google"

No I don't think if you  make a "takeout"  and then delete photos,mail etc from Google servers to free up space that the deleted stuff is still "within Google".

( I suspect that they do actually keep everything ever uploaded to their servers but will not admit to that and the data will not be available to the "general public"  but to someone with higher authority )