How to free up space on Google Photos? 4 ways
Depending on how many photos you have on your phone, you might need to free up space on Google Photos.
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What is Google Photos for?
Google Photos is a free, "unlimited" image and video backup and storage service. It's available for mobile devices and computers, as long as you have the Google Photos app.
It allows users to conveniently backup, organize, edit, and share their media.
It offers cloud storage, automatic backup, smart organization, easy sharing, and more.
Additionally, it helps free up space on your phone, as it will store the images for you.
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The platform is very effective for storing images, in addition to constantly bringing reminders of memories when they are 1 year old or older.
4 Ways to Free Up Space on Google Photos
Although it saves space on your phone for you, it has a limit of 15 GB per user.
This is free space for photo storage, so if you need more Gigabytes, you'll need to purchase additional storage. So, here's our first way to free up space.
1 – Buy more space
Google Photos' default storage can be quite useful for some people, and for those who end up using all the space, it's possible to purchase additional storage.
For this, Google One was created, which allows you to have more storage not only for photos, but also for Gmail and Drive.
There are three plans available for those who prefer to pay monthly or annually:
- Basic: 100GB for R$6.99 per month and R$69.99 annually;
- Standard: 200GB for R$9.99 per month and R$99.99 annually;
- Premium: 2TB for R$34.99 per month and R$349.99 annually.
2 – Lower file quality
Another possibility is to reduce the quality of the saved files, and to do this, go to the Google Photos app and go to Photos Settings.
By selecting “Backup” you can change the backup quality to save storage.
3 – Delete photos or videos
Google Photos can often back up images we didn't even know existed or that we don't need to store.
So when your storage is about to fill up, try cleaning up the images you don't need to save.
It's very simple and practical to do this, sometimes we can get rid of screenshots and reminder images that we no longer need!
It even shows you photos that are blurry and screenshots that can be deleted.
4 – Use Google Assistant
If you're unsure what to do, Google Assistant can help you figure out what you can get rid of to free up space in Google Photos.
Google Photos Assistant can suggest deleting low-quality media, duplicate photos, and more.
Checking out the suggestions is a great idea for those who are unsure of what to do and don't want to spend money to free up space on Google Photos.
