In that case, yes, it takes space on your local drive. The Google Drive app is a file sync application, not a network file system, so anything you copy to the Drive folder is stored both locally and in the cloud. Was this answer helpful?
This of course begs the inquiry “What doesn’t take up space in Google Drive?”
Our best answer is to add to what Boiling Coffee explained, these items in Drive don’t take storage: Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, Sites, and files in “Shared with me.” Files only take up space in the owner’s Google Drive. Google Photos: Photos and videos stored using the “High Quality” size. Learn how to use “High Quality” size.
Another frequent query is “Why does Google Drive take up so much space?”.
If Google Drive is synced with a Windoze PC, it will take up space. More space will be used if the files include non Google Suite i., and e. PDF, MS Office, images, videos etc. Google Suite files are merely links and occupy very little space. In general, a better way is to use Google Suite files and use a web browser to access.
We bought 100GB space for one account and shared files to other employees and clients. Now each individual’s account to whom it is shared is also eating up their drive space.
How big is the Google Drive folder?
The Google Drive folder is located within the “My Documents” folder, and file size is 140GB !! Google Drive folder essentially contains copies of all of the files in My Documents. Please help me understand this – it makes no sense. I addition to cloud storage, I now have doubling of files on hard drive – this makes no sense.
Does your local drive not have space to sync Google Drive?
If your local drive doesn’t have space to sync your entire Google Drive, here’s how you can make Google’s new Backup and Sync client do a backup only or sync specific Drive folders. I’ve been burned by this before–installed the Google Drive sync client du jour, only to watch it gobble up precious space on the local drive.
Where does Google Drive store its files?
Google Drive is stored completely on the cloud, so it’s like having a flash drive. The folders you see with the files inside are basically just links to the files stored online.
What is the difference between storage in Google Drive and trash?
Storage differences in Google Drive. Items in Google Drive for your computer take up a different amount of space than the same items at drive., and google., and com. Items in your Trash take up space in Google Drive, but aren’t synced to your computer. Shared items will take up space on your computer, but not Google Drive.