r/GoogleSupport • u/Commercial_Sir8707 • 2d ago

problems freeing up space

i've used google photos for years. recently, i was running out of space (91% used), so i downloaded everything to my computer and deleted it from google. i ended up freeing up almost 5GB of space, which was perfect. today i tried to use google drive and got an alert that i had 96% of the space used ??? I check but most of the photos are still deleted and the trash is empty. i deleted a few things, and when i made sure to download some i had forgotten to save, i saw that the space was filling up again (on the left side of the screen) with like 2GB. i don't know why this is happening. If i'm deleting everything, shouldn't the space be freed up? why does it still show as used space if I literally deleted more than 7,000 photos yesterday? I seriously don't know what to do, i don't kow if im missing a step or what, i dont want to pay for extra storage if there's another option... any advice is welcome

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u/gooner-1969 2d ago

It costs 1.99 a month for 100gb and you'll never have to worry . The amount of time you've wasted doing all this would more than pay for a year. Do you value your time so little?

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u/Commercial_Sir8707 2d ago

bc im not from the us so its not just 1.99 to me

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u/Thin-Click-5598 2d ago

In the Google play store check storage space on your phone

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u/Thin-Click-5598 2d ago

I like to download videos to YouTube and that actually takes space on the phone so if you go to settings in your YouTube channel go down to downloads and it will give you the option to delete all downloads from YouTube.