Files in Google Docs format — Documents, Spreadsheets, Presentations, Drawings, and Forms — don’t take up any storage space at all. You’re free to have all the Google Docs files you like.
Here’s what this means for your storage quota: Files in Google Docs format — Documents, Spreadsheets, Presentations, Drawings, and Forms — don’t take up any storage space at all. You’re free to have all the Google Docs files you like.
Google Docs do NOT count against your storage in Google Drive. Each Google Doc has a ZERO MB file size. You can make as many Google text documents, Google Slides presentations, Google Sheets spreadsheets, Google Drawings and Google Forms as you want and not eat up your Google Drive storage space.
This of course begs the question “Is it free to have all the Google Docs files?”
You’re free to have all the Google Docs files you like. Other files — from PDFs and images to any other non-Google Docs file type, including Microsoft Word documents — will take up storage space in Google Drive. If you have documents in Microsoft Office or Open. Office format, you can convert them to Google Docs files to save space.
What counts as storage on Google Drive?
Directly uploading almost any file to Google Drive counts. And that includes PDF files, Microsoft Office documents, images, videos, etc. Further, the files that you put into the trash also count, until they are purged automatically after 30 days. If you use Gmail, don’t expect to receive a separate quota of storage just for your emails.
Other files — from PDFs and images to any other non-Google Docs file type, including Microsoft Word documents — will take up storage space in Google Drive. If you have documents in Microsoft Office or Open. Office format, you can convert them to Google Docs files to save space .
You may be asking “Do deleted files take up space on Google Drive?”
Note that deleted files will continue taking up space until you empty your trash. Google will do this automatically every 30 days, but you’ll want to empty it immediately if you need the space right now. Shared files don’t count towards your quota, so you’re free to have large files shared with you.
With good housekeeping it is possible to enjoy unlimited storage on Google Drive. Some tips: 1. Google Suite format – Use Google Suite files i., and e. These do not count towards online storage use.
How can I see how much storage space my Gmail account has?
You can now take advantage of all your Gmail space for files and photos. You can view your Google account’s overall available storage space from Google’s Drive storage website. This website will show you exactly how much space is being used by each Google service — Gmail, Google Drive, and Google+ Photos.