Manage your storage

1. On your iPhone or iPad, open the Google Photos app .
2. Sign in to your Google Account.
3. At the top, tap your Profile picture or Initial.
4. Tap Google Photos settings Backup Manage storage.
5. At the top, you’ll find an estimate of how long it will take to fill your storage.

Tips:

• If you haven’t consistently backed up content recently, you’re almost out of storage, or your account is provided through work, school, or another group, an estimate may not be available.
• If you have a supervised or K-12 school-provided account, the storage management tool isn’t available.
• If your account is provided through work, school, family, or another group, you can check your storage in your computer's browser or your mobile web browser at photos.google.com/quotamanagement.

Important: When you manage storage, you manage the storage associated with your Google Account. You can also free up space on your device.

1. On your iPhone or iPad, open the Google Photos app .
2. Sign in to your Google Account.
3. At the top, tap your Profile picture or Initial.
4. Tap Google Photos settings Backup  Manage storage.
5. Under "Review and delete," select any category.
6. Tap Select.
7. Select the items you want to delete.
8. Tap Move to trash .

Tip: Some photos save space when deleted. If you delete a photo that saves storage space in your Google Account, you may get an estimate of the recovered storage.

Some items don’t count toward your Google Account storage. For example, if you delete these items, your available storage won’t change:

• Photos and videos backed up on Express quality or High quality, now called Storage saver, before June 1, 2021. Learn more about your backup options.
• Photos and videos you saved from partner sharing, as long as your partner continues to share them with you.

Important: The cleanup target only appears if you’re over your storage quota. The cleanup target is the amount of storage you need to clear or add in order to get back under quota. The amount of storage you’re over quota and the amount of your pending backup queue makes up the cleanup target.

1. On your iPhone or iPad, open Google Drive , Google Photos , or Gmail .
2. Tap Clean up space or Manage storage. This will open the Google One storage manager.
   1. At the top, you can find a banner with the amount of storage you need to clean up to continue with the service.
   2. To find how much storage you use by service, tap Usage details .
3. Under “Clean up by service,” choose the Google service you want to delete files and data from:
   • Google Photos
   • Google Drive
   • Gmail
   • Trash
4. Select the items you want to delete.
   • You can swipe right to mark an item for deletion or swipe left to keep an item.
5. At the top, tap Review.
6. Tap Delete Move to trash or Permanently delete.
   • For Google Photos: Items deleted go to the trash and will be permanently deleted after 60 days.
   • For Google Drive and Gmail: Items deleted are permanently deleted and can’t be recovered.

Tip: You can also choose the Google service you want to delete files and data from under "Cleanup suggestions."

Important: The amount of pending backup only counts pending Google Photos content on the mobile device you check the storage from. The pending backup for Google Photos isn’t available on desktop. It doesn’t include any pending backups:

• From other locations, like Drive or WhatsApp.
• On other devices that share the same storage.

You can find your pending backup when you’re over your storage quota. It lets you know the amount of storage that’ll be consumed once your device backups resume. Learn more about how to back up photos and videos.

1. On your iPhone or iPad, open the Google Photos app .
2. Tap Manage storage. This will open the Google One storage manager.
   1. At the top, you can find a banner with the amount of storage you need to clean up to continue with the service. This also shows the size of your pending backup.
   2. To find how much storage you use by service, tap Usage details .

You can select a storage plan that has more or less storage space. You can also switch your storage plan to a monthly or annual subscription.

If you signed up via the Play Store:

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google One app .
2. At the top, tap Menu  Settings .
3. Tap Change membership plan.
4. Select your new storage limit.
   • To add more storage: Select a plan under "Upgrade options."
   • To find smaller storage plans: Tap Downgrade options.
     • If there's no downgrade option, you're on the lowest plan.
5. To confirm the new plan price, tap Agree.
6. Select your payment method.
7. Tap Subscribe.

Change your storage plan

If you sign up through the App Store

If you sign up for Google One through the App Store on an iPhone or iPad and later switch to an Android device: You can't adjust your membership or change your payment method in the app. To update your account and other info, use the App Store on another device.

Cancel your Google One storage plan

You can cancel your Google One membership at any time. Learn how to cancel your storage plan.

If you have problems with payment for Google products or you get an error message, learn how to fix payment issues.

If you already bought a subscription for another Google Account, or on another device, you might need to change it before you buy new subscription on your device.

• If you have another account with an existing Google One subscription, you can cancel it. After your subscription period ends, you can buy storage for another Google Account on your device.
• If you use your device with a family member that already has Google One, you can use Google One family sharing.