UW-Madison Google Workspace - Storage Management
This document provides resources on how to view and manage storage usage in My Drive and Shared drive for your UW-Madison Google account.
View storage usage
Items counted and not counted toward your storage usage
Counted toward storage usage:
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- Most files in your My Drive. For example:
- PDFs
- Images
- Videos
- Meet call recordings
- Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, and Drawings files created after June 1, 2021, or were edited after that date.
- Items in your Trash. Learn how to empty your trash.
- Learn more about storage usage.
- Most files in your My Drive. For example:
Not counted toward storage usage:
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- Files in Shared with me. These files only take up space in the owner's Google Drive.
- Files in a Shared Drive. These files only take up space in the Shared Drive.
- Google Sites
- Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, and Drawings files created before June 1, 2021, and were not edited after that date.