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Google: We're capping your free cloud storage at 15GB starting next year

Tech Republic Cloud

Files, photos and videos will start counting towards users' 15GB free Google Account storage starting 1 June 2021, with files exceeding the limit at risk of being deleted.

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Google Photos free unlimited storage is ending soon

TechSpot

Starting June 1, any new photos and videos uploaded to Google’s sharing and storage service will count against the free 15GB of capacity that comes with every Google account (or the additional storage you might have purchased as a Google One member). Notably, Google account storage is shared across Photos,

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Google Photos will end its free unlimited storage on June 1st, 2021

The Verge

After five years of offering unlimited free photo backups at “high quality,” Google Photos will start charging for storage once more than 15 gigs on the account have been used. Google is also introducing a new policy of deleting data from inactive accounts that haven’t been logged in to for at least two years.

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How to get more space in your Google storage

The Verge

For many of us, Google storage is the modern-day hard drive. By default, Google gives you 15GB of space to use for everything associated with your account. By default, Google gives you 15GB of space to use for everything associated with your account. (If Free up Photos storage. Needless to say, data adds up fast.

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Unlimited Google Photos storage is back. for $15 per month at T-Mobile

The Verge

A new 2TB Google One plan from T-Mobile includes unlimited original resolution photo and video backup. T-Mobile is introducing a new Google One membership option for its customers that revives Google’s unlimited photo storage backup service. The new storage plan will become available on Tuesday, April 26th.

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How to check how much free Google storage you have left

The Verge

While this isn’t a surprise — Google announced its new policy back in November 2020 — it is still depressing to be reminded of the upcoming storage crunch. Note: how the page looks may vary, depending on the type of Google account you have.). You can find it here. Prices start at $1.99 per month for 100GB.) It’s up to you.

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How to choose a photo storage service

The Verge

Back in 2019, photo storage service Flickr changed its previous policy of offering 1TB of free storage to its users, limiting free storage to 1,000 photos instead. Once you hit that 15GB wall, you will have to buy into the Google One service to increase your storage capacity. Google Photos. a month ($19.99

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