UW-Madison Google Workspace - View My Drive and shared drive storage usage
My Drive and shared drive use Google storage differently. Learn how to view storage usage and quota for My Drive and shared drive.
Compare how to view My Drive and Shared Drive storage usage and quota
My Drive and Shared Drive have their own independent storage quota. Files that you own and saved in My Drive will not count towards a Shared Drive's quota and files created by a Shared Drive will not count towards your My Drive quota.
My Drive
- Log in to the UW-Madison Google Workspace: UW-Madison Google Workspace - Log in
- Your My Drive storage will be displayed at the bottom of the navigation pane on the left. To see a breakdown of files taking up storage, go to https://drive.google.com/drive/quota
Shared Drive
- Log in to the UW-Madison Google Workspace: UW-Madison Google Workspace - Log in
- Navigate to the Shared drives tab
- Select the Shared drive and click the Details button
- The Shared drive storage will be displayed at the bottom of the Details window.
