Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides Alongside Photos Will Count Towards Account Storage from Next Year: All you need to know

Google has announced a revision to its storage policy for user's Google account alongside Google Photos. Afterwards June 1, 2021, new Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drawings, Forms, and Jamboard files will also be count towards your account’s free 15GB storage in addition to Google Photos.

 

In case of  Google Photos, the new policy will not impact files you’ve uploaded before June 1 but, if you choose to modify these files after June 1, Google will treat it as a new file and will add it to your 15GB storage cap shared across Gmail, Google Drive, and Google Photos.

 

Google has also changing the way of its handling the inactive accounts and accounts that exceed the storage limit after June 1. If users have not used Google services in 2 years, Google says it will delete all contents of that specific service. Google will alert them through emails and notifications within Google products at least 3 months before deletion. Users can easily stop the inactivation of their account by simply keeping their account(s) active. Google has recommended periodically visiting Gmail, Drive, and Photos on the web or mobile while you’re signed in.

 

Likewise, Google will also delete all your content in Gmail, Google Drive, and Photos if you’ve been over your storage quota for 2 years. And much like inactive accounts, Google will notify you before pulling the trigger. To avoid such scenario, you can either opt for purchase additional storage through Google One or remove unnecessary files to avoid such situation.

 

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The over-flowing consumer company has been revising its storage policy at a time when users are uploading over 4.3 million GB of data across Gmail, Drive, and Photos every day. According to Google, the revision is to offer a ‘great storage experience and to keep pace with the growing demand.’

 

Personally, this is so beneficial from consumer point of view and it seems to be promoting Google's own Google One services and in-house services and products. But on the other hand, it is good step as we can't keep up such large amount of data without utilizing extra resources, and we haven’t the technology so that we can store these data without spending earthly resources at this time. But this is mine view on this and I am looking to read your thoughts on the same so feel free to share in the comment section.

Source Google Blog