How To Clean Up Gmail Storage Quickly

March 07, 2026

Shubham Arora

Search “has:attachment larger:10M” in Gmail to quickly find emails with large attachments.

Delete old promotional emails and newsletters you no longer need.

Empty the Spam and Trash folders, as they still count toward your storage.

Use Gmail’s search filters to find emails older than a few years and remove them.

Download important attachments to your device and delete the email afterward.

Clear large files from Google Drive, since it shares storage with Gmail.

Remove unnecessary photos and videos from Google Photos to free up more space.

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