{"id":56,"date":"2018-02-01T15:12:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T15:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/?p=56"},"modified":"2025-11-24T10:42:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T10:42:53","slug":"tips-to-get-more-google-drive-space-without-buying-extra-volume","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/tips-to-get-more-google-drive-space-without-buying-extra-volume\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips to Get More Google Drive Space Without Buying Extra Volume"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900; text-decoration: underline;\">Important News for Google Drive Users:<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<blockquote><p><em>Now you can scan your Google Drive on web and remove duplicate files (without having to download any file!) to free up space. Our company has launched the Cloud Duplicate Finder service which uses official API from Google Drive. The CDF works with 256-bit encryption and never stores your files and passwords. Create an account without a credit card and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudduplicatefinder.com\/google-drive-duplicate-file-finder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">run an online scan to clean up your Google Drive cloud.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Watch the video to understand how the cloud-based service, CDF, works:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1ARdYxXQ3lA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We all have started to heavily rely on cloud storage nowadays, as it promises to be the prime storage medium of the future.\u00a0<\/span>Since <b>Internet<\/b> speeds have skyrocketed in the past decade or so, it is just so easy for anyone to just snap a selfie and upload it to cloud within moments. Also, cloud storage is being heavily used as a backup option by users across the world to save their previous data in case the <b>HD<\/b> on their computer\/ laptop dies down or a virus makes an easy job of it.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But these drives also have limitations and not everyone can afford a paid version. So let&#8217;s just look at ways in which you can make the most of your free cloud storage allocation for <\/span><b>Google Drive<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Hold your horses folks. Let&#8217;s first look at how you can make sure you optimize your <strong>Google Drive<\/strong> space utilization. This can be achieved by looking for and getting rid of duplicates. There might well be an astonishing number of duplicate files stashed in your <strong>Google Drive<\/strong>, so get into action and delete them using the Cloud Duplicate Finder web-application.<\/p>\n<p><b>Increase Google Drive Space without Upgrading<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are several hacks that can result in getting more space as well as optimizing the current space allocation offered by <\/span><b>Google Drive<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. But before we get to those, don&#8217;t forget to actually check how much storage space you&#8217;re currently utilizing. You can do so by going to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/settings\/storage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Drive storage<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> page.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now let&#8217;s get to business right away.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><b>Convert Documents to Drive<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8216;<\/span>s Format<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is a huge one! Users who either convert their files to\/ or create a file in <\/span>Google Docs<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span>Google Sheets<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span>Google Slides<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span>Google Forms<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span>Google Drawings<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span>Google My Maps<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span>Google Sites<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will be delighted to know that none of these files actually count towards your <\/span>Google Drive<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> storage limit. This means that you can create as many <\/span>Google Docs<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> files, for instance, in your <\/span>GDrive <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">account and the space they occupy won&#8217;t count towards your limit! Simply right-click any of the files (highlighted in the screenshot above) and select <\/span>View details<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. You will notice a menu pop from the right on the screen. Select the <\/span>Details<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> tab in it and you will notice <\/span>0 bytes<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span>Google Docs files are free<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in front of the <\/span>Storage used<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> section.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can choose to have any word processor file converted automatically to <\/span>Google Docs<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> format a soon as you upload it to <\/span>Google Drive<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Simply click the cog icon and click <\/span>Settings<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Now simply select the checkmark for <\/span>Convert uploaded files to Google Docs editor format<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and click <\/span>DONE<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/b><\/b><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_59\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 310px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-59\" src=\"http:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/image3-300x70.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"70\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/image3-300x70.png 300w, https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/image3-768x178.png 768w, https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/image3-80x19.png 80w, https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/image3.png 962w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\"><strong>Opting to convert word processor uploads to Google Docs automatically<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Upload Photos in High Quality<\/strong><br \/>\nGoogle<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> encourages users to upload photos in high quality by not including them in the space allocation! That&#8217;s right you can upload an unlimited number of high-quality images and they won&#8217;t count even a bit towards your account&#8217;s storage limit. Whenever you&#8217;re uploading any images to <\/span><strong>Google Photos<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, simply select the <\/span><strong>High-quality<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> option.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_60\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 310px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-60\" src=\"http:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/image2-300x133.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/image2-300x133.png 300w, https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/image2-768x340.png 768w, https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/image2-80x35.png 80w, https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/image2.png 905w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\"><strong>Selecting to upload images in High quality<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Use Play Music<br \/>\nGoogle Play Music<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> app allows you to add upto 50,000 tracks to it for free. So if you are trying to upload an audio file to <\/span>Google Drive<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, here is a neat hack which ensures any audio file won&#8217;t count towards your account&#8217;s storage quota.<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Wait for Google Drive Giveaway and Promotions<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can get free giveaways from <\/span><strong>Google Drive<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from time to time, especially on big occasions. For example, <\/span><strong>Google<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> gave a free <\/span><strong>2GB<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of drive space to users who improved the security of their <\/span><strong>Google<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> accounts in <\/span><strong>2016<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Purchase Certain Devices<\/strong><br \/>\nGoogle<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> offers free <\/span><strong>GDrive<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> storage on the purchase of various devices. For example, it is offering <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/chromebook\/offers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">100GB<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on buying a chromebook<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and an equal amount of storage space if you purchase an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asus.com\/zentalk\/thread-6640-1-1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Asus<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> drive<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. However, both of these offers are valid for <strong>2<\/strong> years from the date of purchase.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Contribute to Google Maps<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Google<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.googleblog.com\/2015\/11\/get-your-favorite-places-on-map-with_13.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rewards those users<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who help improve the accuracy of <\/span><strong>Google Maps<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Simply sign up for the <\/span><strong>Local Guides<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> program and from then onwards, every single edit will fetch the user a single point. As they reach <\/span><strong>Level 4<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (<\/span><strong>200-499<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong> points<\/strong>) they get a free <\/span><strong>1TB<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> upgrade to their <\/span><strong>Google Drive<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> account. Is this even real?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sweep Clean any Duplicates in Google Drive<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can also free up space in <\/span><strong>Google Drive<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This helps kill away any duplicates that might have been mistakenly created on your laptop, got synced to <\/span><strong>Google Drive<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and now they&#8217;re sitting there for no good and eating up precious space. You can delete them by manually checking each file\/ using a duplicate file finding software.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_58\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 310px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-58\" src=\"http:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/image1-300x124.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/image1-300x124.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/image1-80x33.jpg 80w, https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/image1.jpg 755w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\"><strong>CFC Google Drive scan feature<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manually scanning for duplicates is certainly an option, but it simply isn&#8217;t practical when you&#8217;re dealing with tons of files and need to open each and every single file to examine its contents! Just imagine the time and effort this exercise requires and you&#8217;ll surely want to look for an automated solution that does it all while you&#8217;re sipping a cup of tea. \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Download<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and install <\/span><b>Clone Files Checker<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on your PC. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once the installation is over, launch it and select the <\/span><b>Cloud Scan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> tab.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spot the greenish <\/span><b>Load Drive<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> button and click it. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enter your <\/span><b>Google<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> account credentials, click <\/span><b>Sign in<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and authorize <\/span><b>CFC<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to access your data by clicking <\/span><b>Allow<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now you&#8217;ll notice your <\/span><b>Google Drive<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> folders populate the area right where the <\/span><b>Load Drive<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> button was earlier located. Select as many folders as you want and click <\/span><b>Start Scan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. (The scan is usually over very fast, nevertheless, it isn&#8217;t a rough deal even if you have to wait for a while when you&#8217;re fixing a big mess from your <\/span><b>Google Drive<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once the scan is over, you&#8217;ll (probably) see a slew of files listed out in <\/span><b>CFC<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> user interface. Click <\/span><b>Select Duplicates<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to select which kind of files you want to retain. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The last step is to click <\/span><b>Select Action<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and decide whether you want to delete the duplicates or move them to a folder.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Final Word<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are a handful of ways to beef up your <\/span><b>Google Drive<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> storage without giving away a single dime. If you are low on storage, these tips you can help you out without you having to use any plastic money. Cheers.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Important News for Google Drive Users:\u00a0 Now you can scan your Google Drive on web and remove duplicate files (without having to download any file!) to free up space. Our company has launched the Cloud Duplicate Finder service which uses official API from Google Drive. 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