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SheltieLover

(62,690 posts) Fri Oct 16, 2020, 03:52 PM Oct 2020

Quick question about gmail storage space [View all]

Hi All,

A friend emailed me frantic because gmail has been sending alerts that her email is almost full.

Do "Promotioal" emails count towards storage space?

She doesn't know what to delete first to free up the most space.

Thank you in advance!

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Quick question about gmail storage space [View all] SheltieLover Oct 2020 OP

Does she save everything? I know on my gmail account trash is dumped after 30 days. nt mitch96 Oct 2020 #1

From what I gather, yes SheltieLover Oct 2020 #3

I don't think there's a way to show the space used by each individual message... MissLilyBart Oct 2020 #5

My solution is probably too easy for most people Binkie The Clown Oct 2020 #2

Thank you SheltieLover Oct 2020 #4

"If there's some content I really must keep, I'll copy/paste it into a text file" mitch96 Oct 2020 #8

How would she save on cloud? SheltieLover Oct 2020 #9

I think it depends on which OS she is using and then if it's the google cloud, apple cloud etc. mitch96 Oct 2020 #11

Ok ty! SheltieLover Oct 2020 #13

everything counts. Voltaire2 Oct 2020 #6

Thank you SheltieLover Oct 2020 #10

Wow! She used up 16GB? OK, that's entirely possible, but there are several simple answers... TreasonousBastard Oct 2020 #7

So all phone pix go automatically to google? SheltieLover Oct 2020 #12

Mine do. I suppose there's a setting somewhere, but I haven't found it. In some ways it's doing you TreasonousBastard Oct 2020 #14

Tyvm! SheltieLover Oct 2020 #15

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