Google provides you with 15 GB of Gmail storage, which sounds like a lot, but if you get a lot of email, or are using Gmail as a spam filter or as an archive system, at some point you can still find that your Gmail account is nearly full. So, how to reduce the amount of space being used in your Gmail account?
Perhaps one of the smartest ways to get rid of Gmail inbox full issue is to create a completely new Gmail account and forward all messages from old to the new one. Of course, this means you will have to find old emails from a completely new email account.
Does everything count towards Gmail storage space?
Yes, everything counts. Note that emails that have multiple labels only count once. More interesting though, is that identical attachments only count once. So deleting all those forwards of the dancing baby but keeping the original will have a negligible affect on the Gmail space being used.
The most efficient and possible solution to free up some space in Gmail account is by archiving emails on your computer and delete emails from Gmail server. By saving Gmail messages locally, you can save good amount of space and also clear up the old emails that aren’t of any use now.
The another methods to archive Gmail emails to free up space is by using tool provided by Google. You can visit www., and takeout., and google. Com and download the required emails from there. However, the deletion of emails you need to perform manually. Additionally, Google takeout provide option to archive emails in MBOX format only.
Why can’t I send new messages on Gmail?
When your Gmail account if filled up with lots of emails and attachments Google and your Inbox is almost full, then Gmail will bounce all incoming emails and you can’t send new messages. So at that time you have to clean up your Gmail inbox by removing some emails to get back the space.
How long do archived emails stay in Gmail?
Gmail keeps your archived emails indefinitely or until you delete them. Only messages that are deleted are removed from the Trash after 30 days. How do I retrieve archived emails? If a message has been archived, you can find it by opening the “All Mail” label.
Archiving emails is a better solution than deleting them if you ever need to access an old email in the future. You can compare archiving an email to completing a task-you read it, respond to it, and then move it out of your way. In case you receive a reply to an archived email, it will pop up in your Inbox and remind you to take action.