What does that do? Click it and see! Free up storage space Any size photo can be stored, but every photo takes up space on Google Drive and you will run out of space faster. This is best for professions and keen amateur photographers. Original – The original photo is stored exactly as it was taken. Photos 16 megapixels and over are reduced to 16 megapixels. High quality – Photos under 16 megapixels are stored as high quality JPEG images and storage space is unlimited. Go to to view your photos and click the hamburger menu button.Ī panel opens on the left and down near the bottom is Settings. More Google goodies: Search Google Drive faster and better Go to Google Photos settings More Google goodies: You’ll be amazed what Google can find in your photos The Photos app on Android phones and the iPhone uploads your snapshots and stores them online.

However, you can get a few more gigabytes of space for nothing if you use Google to store your photos. The next step up is 100 GB and there is a 1 TB option for those people that need even more space. Have you tried emptying the bin? Buy more online storage spaceĬlick the Upgrade storage link and you will see some special offers. There is no need for me to panic yet because there are still several gigabytes of free space, but let’s suppose you are running short and there isn’t much space left.

(You get 15 GB of storage space, but sometimes Google does special promotions and offers ways to earn extra, so I have 19 GB.) Here you can see I have used 13 GB of 19 GB and that Drive uses 11 GB, and Gmail and Google Photos are 1 GB each. If you hover the mouse over the the storage indicator at the left side of Google Drive, a box pops up to display the storage usage.

You could always buy more space of course.

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