10 ways to free up Gmail storage

Search for emails with attachments using keywords like “larger:10MB” to delete emails consuming significant space.

Delete large emails

Regularly check and delete emails in the Spam folder to prevent it from taking up unnecessary space.

Clean Promotions and Social tabs

After deleting emails, make sure to empty the Trash folder permanently to free up space immediately.

Remove emails from Trash

Use search queries like “older_than:1y” to identify and delete emails older than a year.

Filter old emails

Use sender-specific searches to target and remove bulk promotional emails that consume space.

Delete unwanted promotional emails

Instead of deleting, archive essential emails so they won’t count towards your storage limit but remain accessible.

Archive important emails

Look through your Sent folder for emails with attachments and delete the unnecessary ones.

Delete sent emails with large attachments

Download important attachments to your device or cloud storage and then delete the corresponding emails.

Back up and remove files from Gmail