Check how much storage you are using
To know how much space you are using, go to https://drive.google.com/drive/quota. Your storage usage includes your email, Google Photos, and Drive.
Prevent loss of data or files!
To prevent any unintended loss of your institutional data, we urge you to review the content stored in your Google Drive. Identify any critical documents and follow the steps outlined on the guide found here to ensure continued access and protection.
Reduce your content quickly (recommended for accounts under 25 GB)
The top 3 things you can do right now to reduce your Google account storage:
Migrate your content (recommended for accounts over 25 GB)
Alumni will have two options for migrating content from their berkeley.edu Google account in order to reduce their use of Google storage to under 5 GB.
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Self-Service Content Transfer Options: Using Google Takeout or Takeout Transfer (Be sure to consider the differences between the two and potential issues.)
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Full-Service Content Transfer using VaultMe.
- Note that both of these options create and move a copy of your content. You will still need to go back to your berkeley.edu account and transfer ownership or delete your content in order to reduce your storage.