View storage usage

• MyDrive

• Shared drive

Items counted and not counted toward your storage usage

Counted toward storage usage:

• Most files in your My Drive. For example:
  • PDFs
  • Images
  • Videos
  • Meet call recordings
• Items in your Trash. Learn how to empty your trash.
• Learn more about storage usage.

Not counted toward storage usage:

1. Files in "Shared with me" and shared drives don't use My Drive space. These files only take up space in the owner's Google Drive.
2. Google Sites.
3. Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, Jamboard, and Drawings files created before June 1, 2021, and were not edited after that date.

Manage storage

• Learn how to manage your files.
• UW-Madison Data Storage Finder

Resources

• Handling Sensitive University Data
• View Approved Tools for Exchanging and Storing PHI