Overview
Google recently announced storage limitations for Google Workspace for Education (formerly known as G Suite for Education) accounts. This policy took effect in July, 2022.
Previously, Google accounts had unlimited storage for Google Drive, Gmail and Google Photos. Storage is no longer unlimited. We are respectfully asking account holders to review their current storage utilization and delete any unnecessary files/email messages and/or move them to alternative storage.
Nazareth accounts are now required to meet individual target storage limits of 16GB or less to align with overall storage limits. If overall storage utilization is not reduced to manageable levels, other storage management measures may need to be taken including suspension and/or deletion of accounts. Please stay tuned for future announcements regarding account storage policies.
Storage management tips:
- To view your current storage use, please visit: drive.google.com/settings/storage.
- To identify and delete large Drive files, please visit drive.google.com/drive/quota.
- In the email and Google Drive search field, look for files ending in .iso, .mp4, .mov, .jpg, .gif, .mp3 and .wav (sound, image and video files) to find large unnecessary storage utilization.
- To perform a bulk deletion in email, select the square at the far left to “select all” and then choose the option below to select all conversations that match this search and then select “delete” from the trash can item above. You will be asked to “Confirm Bulk Action” and select OK.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
You will need to empty the Trash to free up space - for both Email, Photos, Drive - after deleting email messages and Drive files.
Items in Trash still count against your quota until deleted from Trash.
Visit: drive.google.com/settings/storage to verify that space has been freed up
Additional Resources
How to Download files from Google Drive to your computer's hard drive
Transfer Files from your Naz account to another Google account Note: make sure you are logged into ONLY your Nazareth account when using Google Transfer. If you are logged in to your personal gmail.com account you may get errors. Your personal account must have sufficient space to accommodate the transferred files.
Transfer and/or Download Google Photos to a service outside of Google (fees may apply for some services)
https://support.google.com/photos/answer/9666875?hl=en&sjid=9934085917711682095-NA
https://www.cloudwards.net/transfer-google-photos/