How to Check How Much Gmail Storage You Use
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To check how much space Gmail uses, open Google One storage while signed in to your Google Account. The storage page shows how your account’s space is divided among Gmail, Google Drive, and Google Photos.
For a standard personal Google Account, those services share up to 15 GB of free storage. Gmail does not have a separate allowance, so the Gmail figure is only one part of your total account usage.
Check Gmail storage in Google One #
Go to Google One, open Storage, then select Free up account storage to review storage and cleanup options. Google’s storage cleanup instructions show how to review suggested items or clean up storage for each service. Check Gmail’s amount to see how much storage your email uses.
The total includes Gmail messages and attachments. Messages in Spam and Trash count too, so deleting an email does not free its space until you permanently remove it from Trash. Google’s explanation of how account storage works covers what counts across Gmail, Drive, and Photos.
Find large Gmail messages #
If Gmail is taking up a lot of space, search for messages with large attachments. In Gmail’s search box, enter:
has:attachment larger:10MGoogle lists this search in its storage cleanup instructions. Review the results before deleting anything. You can also search for older messages with attachments using older_than:2y has:attachment.
After deleting messages, empty Gmail’s Trash if you want to remove them permanently. Google says storage figures can take a short time to update after cleanup. If the account still appears full after 30 minutes, try the advanced cleanup options on Google One.
If you use a work or school account #
Google Workspace accounts may use storage shared across an organization, and an administrator controls the available storage. The Google Workspace Admin console shows organization-wide and per-service usage to administrators with the required Storage privilege. If the storage amount shown in your account does not match the limit you expected, ask your administrator.
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mailmd is a free command-line tool that copies your email into Markdown files on your computer, one file per message. It works with any IMAP mailbox, and with Gmail and Outlook through their own APIs.
Install
$ curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vincentsch/mailmd/main/install.sh | sh
Set it up with your coding agent
Set up mailmd so you can read my email. Use https://github.com/vincentsch/mailmd: read its AGENTS.md and follow the steps. Connect my mailbox and run the first sync. Then show me where the files are.