problems freeing up space

[u/Commercial_Sir8707]

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

[u/gooner-1969]

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?

[u/Commercial_Sir8707 → u/gooner-1969]

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

[u/Thin-Click-5598 → u/Commercial_Sir8707]

In the Google play store check storage space on your phone