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N00B_N00M t1_jdh7gs9 wrote

Reply to comment by ReneHigitta in LPT: Running out of Google Drive/Gmail space? Use “older_than:6y” in the search bar and then mass delete. Use “larger:10m” to find every email larger than 10mb and then mass delete. by R961ROP

Apparently i have a huge library, i am procrastinating on doing this to my accounr, have done it for wife's phone as it was 100% and she was asking me to buy a new phone as storage is out , i am on ONE plan with 100GB, which is filling fast due to mainly photos ..

I was die hard fan and android fanboy just for this unlimited photos backup as i take lot of pics and it was a perk to never worry about getting storage filled due to unlimited backups

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chung_neutrino t1_jdh6e3d wrote

Reply to LPT: Running out of Google Drive/Gmail space? Use “older_than:6y” in the search bar and then mass delete. Use “larger:10m” to find every email larger than 10mb and then mass delete. by R961ROP

You can add an unread filter in your search. If you haven't read an email you received more than x months ago, odds are you don't care about it. Bonus: you can put a minus sign and a word to exclude things you might wanna keep. Example: -receipt -invoice -"cc company" -"student loan servicer name" etc...

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Expensive-Ferret-339 t1_jdh6840 wrote

Reply to LPT: Use your calendar as your to-do list. Assigning dedicated time to tasks increases the likelyhood of you acting upon it. by human_marketer

I do this a lot-when I get an email that indicates a task or project I need to block time for, I drag the email to my calendar as an appointment. It blocks other meeting requests and reminds me of the work need without digging for the email. I’m terrible at maintaining a task list so this is more effective.

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Anonymaus1914 t1_jdh58rx wrote

Reply to comment by ThatGothGuyUK in LPT: Running out of Google Drive/Gmail space? Use “older_than:6y” in the search bar and then mass delete. Use “larger:10m” to find every email larger than 10mb and then mass delete. by R961ROP

Honestly, i used to do all the things to maximise storage, until it finally clicked that i'd GLADLY pay £1.50/month to never have to worry about that again! Ever since i did that, feel so much better lol.

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ReneHigitta t1_jdh4u1a wrote

Reply to comment by N00B_N00M in LPT: Running out of Google Drive/Gmail space? Use “older_than:6y” in the search bar and then mass delete. Use “larger:10m” to find every email larger than 10mb and then mass delete. by R961ROP

How is the "weight" distributed in partner sharing? It goes to the amount with most space? nevermind, you explained I just read it too fast

Thanks for the tip, although I can't imagine Google won't crack down on this too eventually, they really want me to get that 100gigs

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PapaTua t1_jdh2ofc wrote

Reply to comment by BloodiedBlues in LPT: Running out of Google Drive/Gmail space? Use “older_than:6y” in the search bar and then mass delete. Use “larger:10m” to find every email larger than 10mb and then mass delete. by R961ROP

This is the first thing I'm looking at this morning, so maybe I'm missing it, But I don't see anything in there that helps to do the type of backdoor searches I'm looking for. This article spent 4 paragraphs explaining pinching and zooming.

I'm talking about advanced search operations on the photos filesystem of the type you used to be able to do when photos still resided within drive, not searching for photos of flowers.

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N00B_N00M t1_jdgxa4s wrote

Reply to LPT: Running out of Google Drive/Gmail space? Use “older_than:6y” in the search bar and then mass delete. Use “larger:10m” to find every email larger than 10mb and then mass delete. by R961ROP

Google played a reverse uno card here , but you can still use it like before while saving photo’s automatically and not count towards your quota.

  • create a random new google account
  • sign in and set google photos to use same , disable automatic backups on primary account.
  • In new account enable partner sharing and share all photos with primary google account, this way those photos will count towards the new google account quota and simultaneously they will be accessible in your primary account and they will not count towards primary account.

You can keep doing it every few months whenever that 15gb limit is reached , just use 2FA and a strong password to prevent any untoward incident

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