How to fix your Google storage space forever... for free!

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  • @neilmossey
    @neilmossey  2 года назад +217

    HOW TO USE PARTNER SHARING FOR UNLIMITED GOOGLE PHOTOS:
    ruclips.net/video/hjMCcod6mCM/видео.html
    If this video helps, LEAVE A COMMENT below to say hi - I'd love to hear from you.
    You can also help me by clicking THUMBS UP or get to 10,000 subscribers with SUBSCRIBE here thanks!
    ruclips.net/user/neilmossey
    HOW TO DOWNLOAD *ALL* YOUR GOOGLE PHOTOS & VIDEOS:
    ruclips.net/video/9lU-jfTKf5s/видео.html
    HOW TO FIX GOOGLE STORAGE SPACE FULL PROBLEM ON YOUR PHONE:
    ruclips.net/video/R_f1em_7mjU/видео.html
    IF GMAIL IS TAKING UP YOUR GOOGLE SPACE, IDEAS FOR REDUCING:
    ruclips.net/video/sNs5dhcv0F4/видео.html
    THE LINKS YOU NEED ARE:
    GOOGLE ONE site
    one.google.com
    GOOGLE PHOTOS RECOVER STORAGE:
    photos.google.com/quotamanagement
    IF GOOGLE PHOTOS SAYS "BACKING UP TO ANOTHER ACCOUNT"...
    To change the account it backs up to...
    Click on your avatar on the top right hand corner
    This brings up a full screen menu
    Scroll down to Photos settings, click on it
    On 'backup' at the top of this menu, click on backup
    Where it says the account it's backing up to (your old account?), click on the name
    This should bring up a list of accounts you can choose - choose the new account here.
    If the new account isn't showing here,
    Click on the avatar on the top right hand corner on the home screen of Google Photos
    This brings up a full screen menu, click on your account name at the top (which has a triangle in a circle next to it)
    Scroll down to 'add another account'
    sign in to your new account
    This new account should be in the pull down in the first paragraph above
    Hope this makes sense or helps
    Let me know if it does or doesnt work
    Good luck!

    • @imegacameplz
      @imegacameplz Год назад +4

      hi

    • @isaganimendoza9916
      @isaganimendoza9916 Год назад +3

      What if you have no photos and the biggest file is in Document?

    • @amr9186
      @amr9186 Год назад +4

      Hi Neil .. my google photos compressing takes 24 hours & still not showing any result .. & have restarted twice but still the same

    • @KennySanchez68
      @KennySanchez68 Год назад +3

      Hi, I followed your instructions as you stated, I also replayed your video several times to make sure that I was doing it right and everything worked out as you instructed thank you for help. I've also subscribed to your channel, thank you again.

    • @neilmossey
      @neilmossey  Год назад +5

      @@KennySanchez68 Hi - thanks for taking the time to leave a kind comment. Really pleased this might rescue your Google account. Thanks again, appreciate it.

  • @cameralabs
    @cameralabs 2 года назад +458

    Good plan Neil, but with one small catch! When you set up a new account and tell it to backup your photos, it will backup ALL the photos that are stored on your phone, not just the most recent year, which could mean several year's worth, so you'll be in the same position you were when you started. If you want an account for each year, for example, you'd need to make sure your phone ONLY had this year's photos on it. Then you'd need to delete them all from your phone before starting a new account for the next year. Also beware some services sync rather than backup, which means when you delete on your phone, it deletes them online too. The moral being to always backup photos onto a separate physical drive somewhere before doing anything clever!

    • @neilmossey
      @neilmossey  2 года назад +53

      Wise words Gordon!
      Big thanks!

    • @meteorite_19
      @meteorite_19 2 года назад +56

      you can choose the folders you want to back up
      use different folders for the photos that aren't backed up plz
      thanks

    • @kavishakablaze
      @kavishakablaze 2 года назад +4

      @@meteorite_19 yes thats right

    • @stevo19911991
      @stevo19911991 2 года назад +8

      Is it also ok and easy to mass delete all photos from google without damaging photos on my iPhone?
      I back up on my Mac already.
      Thanks for advise

    • @neilmossey
      @neilmossey  2 года назад +13

      @@stevo19911991 Hi Stevo thanks for the kind question.
      I say yes, but there is a risk that the photo will reupload or resync if the backup is turned back on.
      If it were me - and I'm' sure you've considered this: I'd test it with some photos that you know have been backed up onto your Mac to be sure that deleting on Google Photos doesn't delete pictures on your phone. Good luck!

  • @sayididit2930
    @sayididit2930 Год назад +223

    So I'm an amateur videographer. Each time I do an event, I would upload the footage to my Google Drive and then share it with the client. However this wasn't working out so good because the files would be eating up my storage. And after leaving the footage on my Drive for over a month I delete it and very next day the client wants to know where it went. So, I came up with a new system. Each time I do an event, I make a new Google account (sometimes two) based on the name of the event or the client, and upload the footage to that Drive. I then share the username and password with the client giving them full control of the account to do what they want with. Now the footage is not taking up my space nor the client's space and can stay there for eternity (or until Google decides to remove unused accounts etc...) I think it's a pretty smart idea.

    • @neilmossey
      @neilmossey  Год назад +33

      Thanks for the kind message and suggestion, really appreciate it.
      If it were me, I might probably use RUclips to upload to which has no limits and is easy to share... but appreciate that clients might be worried that it seems so public, even if it were set to unlisted or private, and also they would want the actual file to download.
      Thanks again.

    • @maursal9
      @maursal9 Год назад +8

      @sayididit excellent idea .... thanks for that suggestion. Very useful for content which needs to be stored , but not accessed frequently. M

    • @sayididit2930
      @sayididit2930 Год назад +7

      @@neilmossey YT also downgrades the file of I'm not mistaken

    • @sayididit2930
      @sayididit2930 Год назад +2

      @@neilmossey also, many times in sending completely unedited footage, which would mean needing to send a number of links as my camera saves a file every half hour. Also, sometimes I need to send pictures as well, which wouldn't really work with YT.

    • @sayididit2930
      @sayididit2930 Год назад +2

      @@maursal9 yup, it would work for that as well. Just make sure you save the email address and passwords so you don't lose your stuff...

  • @TonaldDrump兀
    @TonaldDrump兀 Год назад +94

    so basically, i'm a screenshot guy, i tale ss of everything i see, and i've like 13k ss on my phone, since morning of 30th july(today) my phone stopped acessing any screenshots ! i was like so so pissed, and i came here, and it helped me a lot . now i'm taking ss of this youtube channel to remember that how it helped me .

    • @neilmossey
      @neilmossey  Год назад +8

      Thanks for the kind message - my other videos in the description show how to set up another account just for your pictures to partner share back to your original account without taking up space. Good luck with your storage

    • @TonaldDrump兀
      @TonaldDrump兀 Год назад +4

      @@neilmossey sure.

  • @adithyaramamurthy8992
    @adithyaramamurthy8992 Год назад +105

    @Neil..I have been trying for the past year to fix the storage issue but no one on RUclips has provided a step by step instruction better than you.. You are awesome, thank you

    • @animalrecapped
      @animalrecapped Год назад +2

      Buddy don't do this, you can land in big trouble. Say you create multiple accounts (for storage instance). Google knows everything, they know (with ip address, cache and spying) that how many accounts you have. You cant hide from them (since they themselves are spyware, rootkit in android). If they ban one of your account, you become ineligible for some Google services with rest of your accounts as well (sadly very harsh). Like for example if one of your google account is banned, you create android developer id (kind of Google service, services may differ) with another Google account. Even after paying, your Google service will be void for violating Google policies. Ban on one account can effect your every other account, and that is worst part of Google baba knowing everything.

    • @animalrecapped
      @animalrecapped Год назад

      & this is not a imaginery thing, many google accounts have been banned for violating google policies. Unfortunately there is no way to contact google making things worse. If your one google account gets banned, your every other google account is effected. & you are ineligible for any Google service unless u change your IP adress completely. Thats is Sad and Worst part!!

    • @YassJuni
      @YassJuni 11 месяцев назад +3

      ​@@animalrecapped I transferred my photos from my old Google account to my new one and they say they don't take up space, even if I deleted the photo off the old account and my device the photo is still on my new account even tho it doesn't take up space, so contacted Google 3 months ago, and today they said thats normal and its good and i won't have any issues. My question is why don't they take up space?

  • @harunrashid2248
    @harunrashid2248 Год назад +28

    Neil, fantastic stuff! Really appreciate you passing along this video. Thanks a ton!🙂

  • @ghayassalem5995
    @ghayassalem5995 Год назад +199

    Thanks Neil, My Google storage was maxed out. I followed your suggestion of uploading my 10 years plus of photos and videos in the compressed format, and it went down by HALF!. I have now added at least a couple of years to my 15G of Google storage. Can't thank you enough. I'm telling my friends about this. Thanks again!

    • @neilmossey
      @neilmossey  Год назад +21

      That's really wonderful to hear Ghayassalem - thanks for taking the time to leave a kind message. I appreciate it.

    • @mimitabiswas4534
      @mimitabiswas4534 8 месяцев назад +4

      how long does the compression process take?

    • @elixier33
      @elixier33 5 месяцев назад +1

      Why are you trusting google with your pics mad memories? are you mad?

    • @maxz69
      @maxz69 5 месяцев назад

      @@elixier33 exactly. do you know louis rossman? he talked about a dad who sent photos of his naked son to a doctor and then google flagged him as a criminal and deleted his whole account, which had a massive domino effect. he couldn't do anything to restore it.

    • @mehulmalde6613
      @mehulmalde6613 3 месяца назад

      Please tell me once I've created another Google account and backed up my 8gb+ photos and videos onto that can I now go back to google photos of my older Gmail account and delete them there so that I free up 8gb worth of space for emails there? Will the photos still be safe on my new Google account?

  • @amaterasu3896
    @amaterasu3896 Год назад +117

    Such a gem of a video this is. Really helped me get from 15 GB to 8 GB in a matter of minutes

  • @ARIADNARB
    @ARIADNARB Год назад +533

    If I can buy for some price +5 or +10 Gb of storage for all my life I would do so. But I do not want to buy subscription for years for my photos or stupid videos.

    • @neilmossey
      @neilmossey  Год назад +57

      Too true, thanks for the kind message

    • @Base-u9w
      @Base-u9w Год назад

      Keep creating google accounts and you’ll get 15gb of storage with every account and one day google will ban all of your accounts due to violating it’s policies 👍

    • @christopher9727
      @christopher9727 Год назад

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    • @moonlightfitz
      @moonlightfitz Год назад +1

      true

    • @abdurrahimkhan3516
      @abdurrahimkhan3516 Год назад

      ARIADNARB, dear can we watch those stupid videos together?

  • @ChuckNg
    @ChuckNg 5 месяцев назад +53

    Don't show this video to google

    • @sasmitbhanu
      @sasmitbhanu 3 месяца назад +4

      hahahahaha..... he has uploaded this video in youtube .

  • @nkansasampson9659
    @nkansasampson9659 10 месяцев назад +4

    Very educative, thanks. I have a question; after connecting Account 2 (new) to my google photo app on my phone and switching back up on, it started backing up my old pictures on my phone which is already backed up in my account 1 (old ).
    How can I set back up date to start from the day I link account 2 (new) to my google app on my phone ?
    Or how can I stop account 2 (new) from backing up my old photos on my phone gallery ?

  • @MuhammedNalhirNazim
    @MuhammedNalhirNazim Год назад +26

    Thank you. My desktop is now working on compressing the photos. BTW, I also like your style - full of smiles. A happy personality. God Bless you!

    • @neilmossey
      @neilmossey  Год назад +6

      Thanks for the very kind comment Muhammed, I really appreciate it

  • @dbknox
    @dbknox Год назад +116

    Neil - very helpful video as my wife has been dealing with a space issue on her account for months now, and we are too thrifty to buy additional storage. I went to her Google Photos and chose to compress her existing photos as suggested. The process is still running, but has already saved .5 GB. Something else interesting happened. When her account was nearly full, Google was keen to offer addition storage (I think 100 GB) for $1.99 per month. The moment that I hit the compress button, the offer changed to a "Special" of $.49 per month for the same amount of storage. Google knows that there is a link between demand and price, I guess.

    • @neilmossey
      @neilmossey  Год назад +19

      OHHHH thanks for that update @dbknox - Very funny that the offer changed!!!
      Hope it does the job, and hope it helps to create a brand new account just for the photos to keep the account operational.
      Not thrifty... I'd say wise!
      Good luck and thanks again for the kind message!

    • @MariaMaria-sz1rm
      @MariaMaria-sz1rm Год назад +1

      How do you compress Google Photos? Please share.

    • @iamdev__369
      @iamdev__369 Год назад +3

      Hahaha..

    • @becfowler_creatingaliveness
      @becfowler_creatingaliveness Год назад +8

      @@MariaMaria-sz1rm it's explained in the video

    • @cat22_a1
      @cat22_a1 Год назад +11

      That $0.49 per month is for the first year, then it goes to $11.99 a month
      Always avoid any kind of monthly payment if you can, its not always possible, but the more you avoid it the more disposable income you will have. Strive to be debt free, its a wonderful thing

  • @goldentuskssdnbhd5977
    @goldentuskssdnbhd5977 Год назад +7

    Hi, I'm from Malaysia, a Training Provider company. Love your video. Clear and very informative. Thank you for this video!

    • @neilmossey
      @neilmossey  Год назад +1

      Hello Malaysia! Thanks for the very kind comment GoldenTusks, really appreciate it.

  • @gregorylewis5406
    @gregorylewis5406 10 месяцев назад +13

    Thank you Neil, this was fantastic! I have been struggling trying to keep below the limit and this made a big difference. Really appreciate you taking the time to put this video and instructions together!
    Next up is trying to figure out how to reduce the size of my Gmail while still having access to the emails offline!

  • @jimtanner6820
    @jimtanner6820 4 месяца назад +3

    Thanks Neil from a lawyer who fights for consumers , small business, and constitutional rights for people . My first review online it's truly unfortunate that a company that got millions of Americans with what we were told was free. Then that company sells our information at our expense ...No more I urge everyone to pass this information on and on. Big thanks

  • @kimzacho5268
    @kimzacho5268 Год назад +29

    I watched a lot of videos, and I must say you are the one who is giving usable
    value here. Cool Work!

    • @neilmossey
      @neilmossey  Год назад +2

      Thanks for the very kind comment @kimzacho5268 - really appreciate it, and really pleased if it's helping.

  • @advaklein5957
    @advaklein5957 Год назад +88

    Neil YOU ARE A GENIUS!!!
    And from now on also my hero.
    I asked so many people for help dealing with my "out of storage" situation and no one had the solution.
    Thank you so much!

    • @neilmossey
      @neilmossey  Год назад +5

      Thanks for the very kind message Adva, I appreciate it.
      Good luck with your storage!

    • @elixier33
      @elixier33 5 месяцев назад

      If he was a genious he wouldnt be using google to backup his services at all! Not cool, you cant fix stupid!

  • @martiendejong8857
    @martiendejong8857 Год назад +629

    I just want you to know that I have like 20 google accounts now

  • @ablair245
    @ablair245 3 месяца назад +2

    So, here I go! I’ve spent a week deleting almost 10 years of photos because my email is being held hostage. I am excited to see if this works and be able to get my email back! Very excited, will keep you updated! Thank you.

    • @gorechud
      @gorechud 3 месяца назад

      did it work?

  • @dimosk7389
    @dimosk7389 Год назад +3

    Excellent advice. I have this setting enabled since forever on my Google photos. The quality is almost the same wjen viewing on my phone. I can't even remember how I discovered this option. Probably when I first got the message that my account was full. I also can't remember how many friends I've helped with the exact same issue. Glad there is a simple video for people to follow and enjoy unlimited space!!!

    • @neilmossey
      @neilmossey  Год назад +1

      Thanks for taking the time to leave this kind message @dimosk7389 - I appreciate it! Good luck with your storage

  • @atangles6432
    @atangles6432 6 месяцев назад +21

    I've mustered my courage to follow these steps and resolved this perpetual darn storage limit anxiety once and for all. This is gold, thank you Neil.
    With my years of photos safely stored in the old google account, I set my new account for photos 2024 onwards.
    To save the new account from duplicating all photos, I transferred them all out of my phone into an external storage disk, leaving only 2024 photos in there - this is done before changing backup setting to the new account in google photo on the phone.
    I can now toggle between 2 accounts in google photo to see the old and new. Best things ever and I hope more can benefit from your video...Thank you!

    • @Ram_Kr
      @Ram_Kr 6 месяцев назад +1

      Be aware that google will delete your data if you no longer use their services for 2 years. And also there is high chance that you are backing up the same photos twice or more. So should be careful.

  • @chinmoy1955
    @chinmoy1955 Год назад +6

    Hi Neil, I came across your channel by chance, then I liked what I saw, and then, as a natural consequence, I subscribed to your channel.
    This is an interesting alternative to get more space in Photos and I had thought about it before. I have a couple of questions on this method.
    1) Once I log into my new Google account in my mobile phone, will I be able to get my messages from my regular Gmail account? As far as I know, you can only have one Google account active at a time.
    2) If I share the new account with my older account, I will be able to watch my photos and videos from my new account in my old account, but how do I watch the photos stored in my old account? Won't I need to log in to my old account to access those photos?
    3) Many of the photos in my mobile phone are going to get duplicated in my new account (since they were already backed up in my old account), how to resolve this issue?
    I hope I am not asking too many questions.😊
    Thanks and regards in advance. Good day to you.

  • @awaereck3246
    @awaereck3246 Год назад +7

    As a professional photographer, I prefer shooting in raw and so do I like to save some of my important files even after editing them already.
    Wouldn't compressing the files not also ruin the RAW pictures?
    That's why I prefer original.
    Thanks

    • @neilmossey
      @neilmossey  Год назад +4

      Thanks for the kind question AWA Ereck - absolutely - but the comments I've been receiving question if Google Photos is the right place for them to store those RAW images, given we have no idea what Google will be charging 3 months from now, let alone 3 years and the amount of storage needed will only go up too... Some even like Google Photos for its search to look up original photos at high res stored locally or on external drive... This video is just here to help people recover their Google Account if they don't want to go into that long term paid relationship with no exit strategy. If you like storing on Original, that's awesome. Thanks again

  • @thomashoffman051
    @thomashoffman051 Год назад +24

    Thank you Neil! Wish I found this video sooner! Been such a hassle getting my storage down. You're a life saver! 🙏

    • @animalrecapped
      @animalrecapped Год назад

      Search and Read my comment before doing this. It simply shouldn't be done!!

    • @UrMomsTherapist
      @UrMomsTherapist 11 месяцев назад

      Hii. Exuse me can you please explain to me how I can delete photos in my google photos without it deleting in my camera roll.

  • @jerrybarnes6611
    @jerrybarnes6611 Год назад +25

    Well done man. You are the most knowledgeable and erudite instructor I've ever seen on RUclips. Thank you!

    • @neilmossey
      @neilmossey  Год назад +2

      Thanks for the kind comment Jerry, I am winging it but thanks.

  • @krujuice
    @krujuice Год назад +7

    I could definitely see this working, however, make sure you have removed the old photos from your phone to exterior storage, or it will keep backing up All the photos.

    • @neilmossey
      @neilmossey  Год назад +4

      Totally - always the safest option. Thanks for the kind comment.

  • @rahsaanb8749
    @rahsaanb8749 11 месяцев назад +9

    The sound effects on this video were unbearable for me. I had to turn on the captions and lower the volume to the slightest whisper. A summary for those of us that cannot stand the big arrows and constant dings: Just create another google account when you run out of storage and "partner share" all the photos to your primary google account. Also don't forget to use storage saver! Thank you Neil! This video was helpful and I understand why you have the loud sounds and arrows but I still don't enjoy it lol.

    • @neilmossey
      @neilmossey  11 месяцев назад +2

      Thank you for letting me know that this video isn't for you

    • @rahsaanb8749
      @rahsaanb8749 11 месяцев назад +5

      @@neilmossey it was very helpful information though and I appreciate you for making it! Mainly the sound effects weren't for me

    • @neilmossey
      @neilmossey  11 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@rahsaanb8749 Thanks for the kind comment.
      I thought that too after I had uploaded it, unfortunately. Then it went on to get 900000 views, so what do I know!

  • @Sebalie
    @Sebalie 8 месяцев назад +2

    My Dad told me to check this out, I'm so glad I listened. Dad was right 👍🏻
    Thank you 🙌🏻

  • @seamuslyons4574
    @seamuslyons4574 10 месяцев назад

    Thanks, Neil, My Google storage was maxed out. I followed your suggestions. I'm back to normal. Can't thank you enough. I'm telling my friends about this. You are a star....Thanks again!

  • @ifechukwuezennia8139
    @ifechukwuezennia8139 Год назад +8

    Oh my God, thank you so much, I've been looking for something like this for a long time. You are a literal lifesaver.

  • @soyouwanttobeaceo
    @soyouwanttobeaceo Год назад +5

    What a brilliant video Neil !! Followed this with you yesterday and ow I have more free space :D- Thank you !

    • @neilmossey
      @neilmossey  Год назад +2

      Many thanks for the kind comment @soyouwanttobeaceo - I really appreciate it. Glad something in here might help and good luck with your storage!

  • @BluePea-c8o
    @BluePea-c8o Год назад +25

    Billions of THANK YOU TO YOU. Neil Mossey

    • @neilmossey
      @neilmossey  Год назад +4

      Great stuff - glad it might help thanks Blue Pea

    • @johnchilds8921
      @johnchilds8921 4 месяца назад

      Deleting my photos on my old account is Deleting photos on my new account. What am I doing wrong ?

  • @finnurth
    @finnurth 2 месяца назад +1

    04:15 Actually, the whole idea in using google storage solutions is to keep them in a safe place in case the phone breaks down or gets lost or stolen. Also, the space on the phone may also fill up. So, no, do not rely on that the photos and videos that are on your phone are safe.

  • @paulbarham5694
    @paulbarham5694 Месяц назад +1

    Yep this really works, I went from full to below 4Gb and didn't have to use the final part of the video. Brilliant video very easy to follow instructions.

  • @nikitagracias7267
    @nikitagracias7267 Год назад +5

    We like ur sense of humor 💜❤️🤍🖤💚
    Thanks 4 sharing!!!

    • @neilmossey
      @neilmossey  Год назад +5

      Big thanks for the kind message Nikita, really appreciate it!

  • @MrYatesj1
    @MrYatesj1 2 года назад +7

    Yes I had the same idea and now have 3 gmail accounts. Thanks for sharing, love your channel.

    • @neilmossey
      @neilmossey  2 года назад +2

      Thanks for the lovely comment Jess!

  • @emeraldsroses0524
    @emeraldsroses0524 Год назад +4

    I’m going to try this later on. I used to reduce the quality and it would work for a bit. Suddenly I couldn’t find that option any longer. Thanks for these tips.

    • @neilmossey
      @neilmossey  Год назад +1

      Thanks for the kind message Emeraldsroses, really hope this helps. Bizarrely Google removed this option from the phone app but leave it on the desktop site.
      Good luck with fixing your account.

  • @tectorama
    @tectorama Месяц назад +1

    This is something I have beenn looking for for ages. The problem being, you were so quick I had trouble following you. I'll have to run this on my laptop, and follow you on my PC.
    EDIT: I had my PC running for a long time with the message saying "This could take several hours."
    So I did a reboot. I now have over 10gig of storage left. Thanks for the video Neil, much apprciated

  • @lorikresse7172
    @lorikresse7172 Год назад +1

    Thank you!!! I have a question though... Have you ever tried to print anything from the drive using the reduced size/quality? Especially at a bigger size. I wonder how much it affects the photo.

    • @neilmossey
      @neilmossey  Год назад +1

      I have - it's been good enough for a 4x6 but I always back up to hard drive, use google photos to find the photos in search and rely on the Original file from the backup.
      If you're using Google's print service, I think it goes to the Original size and, bizarrely, when you share the storage saver photos with another account, using Partner sharing (link in description!) - the shared photo appears in the shared account as original size! Same when you download using Google Takeout.
      Hope this helps.

  • @noopurjainyoutubeblogger3868
    @noopurjainyoutubeblogger3868 11 месяцев назад +6

    *Sir...*
    *If i delete those large attachment files from my gmail.. will it also get delete from my mobile device or gallery...???*

  • @ceva321
    @ceva321 Год назад +8

    It's worth a try..lots of steps, but I'm sick of paying Google

    • @neilmossey
      @neilmossey  Год назад +2

      Too true - this is very fiddly, I've made a video just about recovering the account only using only a phone but it sounds like you might be aiming foe an external drive - good luck!

  • @tyh.p.2798
    @tyh.p.2798 Год назад +5

    Thank you for "taking the time" to do this video I found it very helpful😊

    • @neilmossey
      @neilmossey  Год назад +2

      Thanks for the kind comment tyh.

  • @Kayjee144
    @Kayjee144 Год назад +1

    Thanks SO MUCH, this is great. Question - if I've now synched all the photos with this new email account I've just created, meaning they're backed up... can I now delete them permanently from my personal email account? They should still be saved on the new email, right, and won't be lost therefore?

    • @neilmossey
      @neilmossey  Год назад +1

      Hi thanks for the kind comment and question.
      Yes... but... couple of things to consider for safety.
      1 I would back up the photos to a hard drive or laptop, or desktop or memory stick (or all of those) so that I have a safety copy just in case.
      2 I would back up the personal email account photos by partner sharing to a new account - because all those photos will not count towards the storage allowance/limit, so you'll still have 15GB free on the new account.
      If you can be bothered to do this -- I'm just about to do it for my wife's phone and it's a hassle, but it might be worth it... I made this video here:
      ruclips.net/video/hjMCcod6mCM/видео.html
      Good luck and thanks again, I appreciate it.

  • @andrewthompson625
    @andrewthompson625 Год назад +1

    One thing that you need to consider is that Google are now saying that if there is no activity for 2 years the account will be deleted along with all the photographs. I always have a backup of my photographs on hard disk in full resolution. I was also lucky enough to have all my photographs converted to low resolution when Google started to limit the free space. Those photographs do not count against my limit. I just compressed my newer files to space saver and that has helped my storage. I like the idea of setting up additional google accounts to get more storage, but, I am not sure how it will work when I take a photograph I will need to be logged into the new account, but when I want to read emails or look at other stuff on my google drive I will need to be in the old account. Is this the case?

    • @neilmossey
      @neilmossey  Год назад +1

      Thanks for the kind comment Andrew, this is a very good point - as well as not forgetting the passwords!
      The Partner sharing from a single 'photos' account works like a dream for me.
      All I do is have the Google Photos app set to backup/sync to that photos account, and they are shared to my personal account - at original quality!!! (Even though the photos account is on storage saver)
      And they do not take up storage quota on my personal account.
      Which means I can still search through everything on my main personal account.
      When I delete them from the photos account, they remain stored in the shared-to personal account.
      They even remain in place if I break the partner sharing relationship.
      (I test it frequently to make sure it still works!)
      Make sure that 'auto save' is enabled with the partner sharing for this to work.
      I'm sure you dont need or want to watch another video, but I try to explain it here:
      ruclips.net/video/hjMCcod6mCM/видео.html
      Good luck and thanks again for the great message.

  • @idriscekim
    @idriscekim Год назад +4

    Thank you Naul, that was a very briliant idea. wish you all good.

    • @neilmossey
      @neilmossey  Год назад +4

      Thanks for the kind comment, I appreciate it

  • @petecurran3995
    @petecurran3995 Год назад +28

    You, Sir are a star!
    I've been procrastinating for months and now have a viable solution! Thank you! 👌🏻

    • @neilmossey
      @neilmossey  Год назад +3

      Thanks Pete, I know that feeling!
      You have no need to watch another video, but if you're curious about using Partner Sharing with yourself to stay under 15GB, there's a new video here...
      ruclips.net/video/hjMCcod6mCM/видео.html
      Thanks again for the kind comment, really appreciate it.

  • @artalv100
    @artalv100 Год назад +5

    Great job Neil, your video is superb and to the point. Thanks!

    • @neilmossey
      @neilmossey  Год назад +1

      Thanks for the kind message Arthur, I appreciate it!
      Good luck with your storage!

  • @angelsitems7362
    @angelsitems7362 Год назад +1

    Thank you!! Thank you!! Thank you!! Thank you!! Thank you!! Thank you!! I've been so stressed about what to do about freeing up storage due to all my photos. All of the "out of storage" emails were driving me nuts and I didn't know what to do. Yours is the first video I clicked on and I know I do not need to look any further for help! Thank you!! Thank you!!

    • @neilmossey
      @neilmossey  Год назад +2

      That's so great to hear - thanks for the very kind comment.
      The playlist in the description has some ideas for staying under the limit permanently if you can face it (I can't face it!)
      Good luck with your storage and thanks again, I appreciate it!

  • @edelwater
    @edelwater 11 месяцев назад +2

    As years go by and you have 4 family members making photos on phones and camera, the question to the IT guy (dad) is : how to ensure that we have a shared location that is in sync and where photos that are already these are not duplicated and how we do we ensure there is a backup and how can we remove pictures that are already centralized. If you a (e.g.Synology) NAS you can assign each family member a folder (via drive).Then turn on Cloud Sync and sync google drive, onedrive and other locations centrally e.g.each sunday. Then run a de-duplication script to move duplicates to a duplicates folder. In that way you have e.g. 2015-12-23_Xmas as the folder for all photos of that day from all sources. You can then backup from the location to any backup location and your costs are equally to a hard disk cost e.g. 12 Tb for 100 euro for around 5 years limetime average for a disk. All photos synced can be removed each week since centralized.

    • @neilmossey
      @neilmossey  11 месяцев назад +1

      That's great thanks - the dream!
      And I'll do that as soon as I've fixed the 3 cracked phone screens of my family members

  • @talentndlovu5878
    @talentndlovu5878 2 года назад +15

    Thank you very much, I freed up 4 years worth of storage

    • @neilmossey
      @neilmossey  2 года назад +2

      That's fantastic, really appreciate the kind comment thanks

  • @darcischulze5138
    @darcischulze5138 2 года назад +10

    You are brilliant! Thanks for explaining so well! I shared on my facebook page! Hope it helps others, too!

    • @neilmossey
      @neilmossey  Год назад +2

      Thanks for the v kind comment @Darcischulze5138 , really appreciate it!

  • @oscar86456
    @oscar86456 Год назад +4

    i did it!!!! thank you so much my friend for sharing your knowledge.

    • @neilmossey
      @neilmossey  Год назад +1

      Thanks for the kind comment @oscar86456 - really pleased it might help

  • @cel3180
    @cel3180 Месяц назад

    Hi Neil, Thanks for your great helpful sharing. I have a query wanted a confirmation from you. After setting up 2nd account, and have already partner sharing between both 1st and 2nd account. Do I need to delete all the photos and videos in my phone device before I on the back up button on my 2nd account? Thanks.

  • @johncassels3475
    @johncassels3475 Год назад +1

    This fix appears to only work IF all your photos are actually stored on your phone. If you have deleted some along the way, is there an option move some from your original google account over to the new "yearly" storage account? Being able to move photos from one google account to another would make managing this much easier. Thanks for your ideas, I just need to work on them a little more for my own circumstance - actually work on them for my wife's phone which is the one in the family that tends to max out the storage with photos and especially videos.

  • @sayalitambe6487
    @sayalitambe6487 Год назад +8

    Your dedication and efforts are truly inspiring. Wishing you continued success and accomplishments in all your endeavours. Keep up the fantastic work!

    • @neilmossey
      @neilmossey  Год назад +2

      Thanks for the very kind comment Sayalitambe, I really appreciate it

    • @jean8232
      @jean8232 Год назад

      @@neilmossey is this method still working?
      maybe my desktop is the issue

  • @peter-b-2889
    @peter-b-2889 Год назад +5

    The compressed photos should look fine on a mobile, but in print or on a large screen they may look a little blurry, so you still have to backup photos that you might want to view in a large format one day.

    • @neilmossey
      @neilmossey  Год назад +1

      Yes thanks Peter - really important to backup locally or with other service

    • @naturalnashuan
      @naturalnashuan Год назад

      @@neilmosseyWould a thumb drive do the job? I don't want to compress because I take photos of tiny detailed organisms ( such as spiders) for the teaching I do.

  • @PaulaMGale
    @PaulaMGale Год назад +21

    This is really helpful thank you so so much. You reminded me of things I'd discovered a while ago but didnt take too much notice of (and now desperately need to do something about my storage) - and you've included in this video everything that i need to do. Brilliant.
    Just one thing - (not too bad in this video), but in others, the sound effects are sooooo annoying that its very off-putting and may even be a reason I can't watch any more. This is such a shame because the content is really useful. It also makes a nice change to hear a fellow Brit rather than an American voice (which I like, but still, nice to hear an English accent)!!

  • @kvuppal1
    @kvuppal1 6 дней назад

    The ad that came up at the end of your video was for Google cloud space! 😂😂 The cheek of it! By the time I clicked on the subscription button to your channel the screen had changed to a service I won't ever need, tha ks to you!

  • @KennethStevenKangomaJr
    @KennethStevenKangomaJr 2 месяца назад

    Just did this and it worked. I’ve been so worried about not receiving emails.
    Thank you.

  • @janeturian8202
    @janeturian8202 Год назад +5

    There is no recover storage on that page

  • @OrtyhueyGD24
    @OrtyhueyGD24 5 месяцев назад +4

    Why do you keep using breaking sound effect?

  • @SikiDlanga
    @SikiDlanga Год назад +3

    You're such a blessing and you laugh to make it all so genius! Thank you 😊

    • @neilmossey
      @neilmossey  Год назад +2

      Thanks for your very kind comment Siki, I really appreciate it!

  • @avantiiuzortv
    @avantiiuzortv Месяц назад

    Thank you so much Neil. I’m currently compressing my photos and that’s awesome. Do you have any video about compressing files on google drive? I used to upload my photos and videos on google drive on one of my google accounts and now I have maxed it out? Please how do i compress files on Google drive?

  • @GregJoy-uk3il
    @GregJoy-uk3il 10 дней назад +1

    Thanks Neil, I'm in the the process of doing all of your suggestions. Looks good so far!

    • @neilmossey
      @neilmossey  9 дней назад +1

      Thanks for taking the time to leave this kind comment Greg - I appreciate it.
      Good luck with fixing your Google storage!

  • @oluwapanda4274
    @oluwapanda4274 Год назад +6

    I love this video because you just think like a Nigerian man cause who want to pay for subscription for life 😂😂😂. love from Nigeria 🇳🇬.

    • @neilmossey
      @neilmossey  Год назад +2

      Haha thanks - what a compliment!
      Really appreciate the kind coment

  • @SumZi_Snaps
    @SumZi_Snaps 2 года назад +12

    FINALLY! I found someone like me 😂
    (Using all the storage up with photos)

    • @neilmossey
      @neilmossey  2 года назад +3

      Haha yes! Good luck with finding a fix!

    • @SumZi_Snaps
      @SumZi_Snaps 2 года назад +2

      @@neilmossey Thank you :)
      And thank you for your tips!

  • @Jan2010new
    @Jan2010new 7 месяцев назад +1

    Thanks so much! Finally some tech advice that works! I did find that in order to change the Google Photos backup account on Apple devices (phone & tablet), I had to uninstall the app and then reinstall under the new photos account. Thanks again!

  • @haroldgoodman130
    @haroldgoodman130 Год назад +5

    After I got rid of 8gb google doc files I found out that I had permanently deleted the major file i use daily.
    I contacted google support and within 15 min, all the permanently deleted files were restored. did it via chat. this happened maybe a year or so ago and my office person had to contact them. this time i did it. the important thing is do not delay a single second!! at a certain point, even they can't help you. do not panic; just contact them.

    • @neilmossey
      @neilmossey  Год назад +1

      That's extremely helpful to know, thanks for the kind comment Harold!

  • @shrutibk
    @shrutibk 3 месяца назад

    Thanks Neil for figuring out this way to regain back the space in google storage! you have saved us from deleting our precious photos and also the unnecessary google storage subscription. Sharing this video with my friends so that it helps them.

  • @ahmed4052
    @ahmed4052 Год назад +2

    Thanks for the video . Do u maybe have some ideas to distribute photos between several google accounts as it will automatically try to to upload all the photos i have

  • @Ajjupk
    @Ajjupk Год назад +9

    Holy moly this is such a life-saver! Thank you a ton!

    • @neilmossey
      @neilmossey  Год назад +4

      Thanks for taking the time to leave this very kind message - really pleased that it might help.

    • @starmazaheri7448
      @starmazaheri7448 Год назад +1

      @@neilmossey You're so kind to find them to even reply to each of the zillion comments Neil....Wow, God bless you.

  • @adrianabeckett629
    @adrianabeckett629 Год назад +4

    Your joy , knowledge, your findings.. sharing all those tips are useful and of assistance.

    • @neilmossey
      @neilmossey  Год назад +1

      Thanks for the very kind message Adriana, really appreciate it. Good luck with your storage!

  • @dominik3482
    @dominik3482 Год назад +6

    Nice video! But I couldn't find the option to convert the existing photos and videos to compressed form. The UI seems to have changed since you made this video. Would really appreciate if you could help find the option if it still exists. Thanks!
    Edit: Found the option in google photos settings.

    • @neilmossey
      @neilmossey  Год назад +1

      Ah, thanks for the kind question Dominik and the update - hope it's working okay for you.

    • @johncaputo5753
      @johncaputo5753 Год назад

      I have the same problem. I am out of storage space and I don't see a backup and sync option. HELP.

  • @weberito
    @weberito Год назад +1

    Wouldn’t this multiple account solution need deleting old photos first? If so is shared partner copy stored locally on the device without quality loss? What happens when google server that stores that part of photos malfunction, do you have your photos lost or are they stored on your phone at original (or that slightly compressed, if chosen) quality?

    • @neilmossey
      @neilmossey  Год назад +2

      Hi @weberito
      Thanks for the kind question.
      I find it useful to backup my phone to a hard drive, for safety. Then clearing my phone so the same photos do not fill the new accoount.
      The shared partner photos, bizarrely, are shared and stored at Original quality even if the original sharing account is on 'storage saver'.
      I'm sure you don't want or need to see another video, but I go through the steps in more detail here:
      ruclips.net/video/hjMCcod6mCM/видео.html
      And if Auto Save is enabled in Partner sharing - when the pictures are deleted on the 'photos account', they remain in the shared account... at original quality... and do not take up storage quota(!)
      Hope this helps.

  • @jafarhashemi4360
    @jafarhashemi4360 4 месяца назад

    Many thanks Neil. I was struggling how to free up my google accounts for several months and I just compressed all photos and it worked very well.

  • @mechatronian
    @mechatronian 5 месяцев назад +6

    too much sound effects to the point that its getting annoying.

  • @AnasSaras
    @AnasSaras Год назад +4

    I've already purchased the 100 GB plan, and it rocks. But anyway, this is a smart idea for those who do not want to rent a google one. Thank you Neil.

    • @neilmossey
      @neilmossey  Год назад +1

      Thanks for the kind comment Anas, really appreciate it!

    • @brazenserpent7
      @brazenserpent7 Год назад

      Google One is the way to go for me, too.

  • @josemedeiros007
    @josemedeiros007 5 месяцев назад +3

    Good video and tips, but the cost of a 100 GB Google Drive is only $1.99 a month or $9.99 a month for 2 Terabytes.

    • @lexlopez15
      @lexlopez15 4 месяца назад

      Yeah but that $2 ends up being $24 for the year and then $48 a year after that and it will keep growing the longer you want to keep it, which is exactly what google wants...the best thing to do is to get an ssd and dump all your photos and videos onto that. They're fairly cheap nowadays, and you can link it to a cloud to have access everywhere you go....however, creating a new google account just for pictures and videos is a good free option.

  • @jczajac
    @jczajac 9 месяцев назад +1

    Neil - Very Clever! That was a nice piece of creative thinking. Thanks for sharing!

  • @potiswad
    @potiswad 5 месяцев назад +1

    I'm usually bad at directions, but yours was easy to follow. Thanks, this really helped, as I don't have much money and Xiaomi phones upgraded their firmware and won't let me connect to my PC via USB anymore so this was life-saving.

    • @neilmossey
      @neilmossey  5 месяцев назад +1

      That's really good to hear because it's not easy, so really pleased something here might help.
      Good luck with your Google storage

  • @WARVIATION
    @WARVIATION 6 месяцев назад +6

    best thing to do is buy a harddrive

    • @neilmossey
      @neilmossey  6 месяцев назад +1

      Very true - thanks @Warviation

  • @HuldaFrida
    @HuldaFrida Год назад +5

    5:25 - Free storage

  • @grey5135
    @grey5135 Год назад +5

    I've found a way to back up all my photos that take up zero storage... I get the pictures that I truly care about printed and keep them in a photo album that will last generations 🤓 it's amazing how people care so much about pictures but don't care enough about them to actually make them real😂

    • @neilmossey
      @neilmossey  Год назад +2

      Too true! Publishing - the best backup of all!
      Thanks for the kind comment

    • @GreenDriveIndia
      @GreenDriveIndia Год назад

      I do too, but that album is full too

  • @brdhus
    @brdhus 4 месяца назад +2

    I keep deleting files and got down to 9gb, but the next day google still threatened to stop service because I was at 15gb. how do i fix it?

  • @aldrindsouza8068
    @aldrindsouza8068 Месяц назад

    Thank you for sharing these ideas. I was always wondering why my storage in Google was getting full almost overnight despite me having bought a phone which has almost 10 x of storage space more than I actually need. I do not need to save / back up my photos on google

  • @Josh_DoesStuff
    @Josh_DoesStuff 4 месяца назад +1

    I've been thinking of doing this for a long time, but I always had in mind. Is there a way to migrate all my current backed up photos to the new "photo" gmail? I want to remove all images from my current gmail, google drive and such and keep photos for it's own email.

  • @RiddhiShrimali
    @RiddhiShrimali 4 месяца назад +1

    I want to ask that if we back up our photos in compressed size, does that effect the photos quality?

  • @rajthakkar647
    @rajthakkar647 Месяц назад +1

    The last trick to 'Recover Storage' was very helpful, it cleared more storage for me in short time without deleting data, thanks!!

  • @francescaartiglia5480
    @francescaartiglia5480 Год назад +1

    Hi Neil thanks for your helpful video. A question: is there a difference between personal use and the one for work or my business account? if I create the new account choosing the personal use option does it affect the process of saving pics within the new account? thanks a lot

    • @neilmossey
      @neilmossey  Год назад +1

      Hi Francesca
      Thanks for the very kind comment and question
      I've found no difference whatsoever between choosing one for 'personal' or 'business'.
      I think it seems to only affect how google collects data for advertising etc. - the accounts seem to operate in an identical way.
      Hope this helps

  • @Dr.Schwing
    @Dr.Schwing 7 месяцев назад +2

    What a great video - I love the album a year idea :) Is there any way/setting to only back up photos taken this year other than all of my photo backing up to my newly created account?

  • @riderghost4940
    @riderghost4940 5 месяцев назад +2

    The issue is that when you create a new account and turn on backup, it starts backing up all the photos on your phone, including those already backed up to another account. As a result, you quickly receive a notification that there is no space left. Is there an option to back up only recent photos instead of everything? If not, this feature is not useful to me.

  • @debralegge-mc8fg
    @debralegge-mc8fg 11 месяцев назад +1

    Thanks for your video Neil, very clear information.
    Just wondering how to download everything of mine, that has been stored on Google, in the first place so that I can keep it
    Thanks again for your tips, most appreciated.

  • @simranrauf6449
    @simranrauf6449 4 месяца назад

    HEY NEIL!!!!Plz tell me how much time will it take in the entire compressing procedure ???

  • @Seli24A
    @Seli24A 9 месяцев назад

    One of the rarest videos on RUclips that actually worked... Thank you 😊

  • @Finnleigh.Jackson4141
    @Finnleigh.Jackson4141 3 месяца назад +1

    Hi Neil, thanks for the video but what is the process for email with attachments like PDF files, etc.?

    • @neilmossey
      @neilmossey  3 месяца назад +1

      Hi Finnleigh - thanks for the kind question, I am so sorry I have not found a fix for downsizing attachments and pdfs etc. I use the Google Drive storage dashboard to at least find the largest attachments to then delete from there.
      Good luck with your Google storage and hope you find a workaround

    • @Finnleigh.Jackson4141
      @Finnleigh.Jackson4141 2 месяца назад

      @@neilmossey , thanks Neil. Love your wooden walls. Cozy.

  • @ChuckTomasi
    @ChuckTomasi Год назад +1

    Great video and thanks. I have a couple questions about sharing across multiple accounts. If you have multiple accounts across the years shared with your main account, what about things like tagging faces? I use that all the time to find photos of my family and friends. Does it only draw from the main account or can it find the faces by name from the shared accounts? Similarly, can you create an album that includes the photos from the shared Google Photos accounts? E.g. Currently I have a photo album with over 7K of photos that I use as the source for a photo frame app on my kitchen counter. If I were to start creating other accounts, can I still add photos from the shared accounts into my "Photo Frame" album in the primary account?

    • @neilmossey
      @neilmossey  Год назад +1

      Hi Chuck
      Thanks for the kind questions.
      Hope these answers help:
      You can only partner share with one account at a time, so I now only use one partner sharing account.
      I turn on auto save, and the pictures are copied to the 'main' account at original quality even if the 'photos' account is set to storage saver.
      The 'main' account will spot the faces - or seems to for mine.
      I think you can create an album just for the shared photos: in desktop, there is a 'sharing' tab, and the partner sharing is in there.
      Enter the right partner sharing section, then select the photos you want to add to album.
      Click on the 'share' icon and create a link.
      When you open that link, it automatically creates an album for it and you can save that album to your library.
      I would only use one shared account now, with auto save, you can delete pictures and videos from the 'photos account' and they remain saved in your 'main' account.
      I made a video about that here:
      ruclips.net/video/hjMCcod6mCM/видео.html
      Hope something here works for you and good luck with your storage!

  • @tomekagivens5823
    @tomekagivens5823 2 месяца назад

    What do you suggest to do with the Gmail storage? The photos portion is helpful. Thank you.

  • @sanyothorne1970
    @sanyothorne1970 5 месяцев назад +1

    My iPhone 15 pro max does not offer a Recover Storage window option. But it does at the bottom of the manage storage screen it does say Learn about storage. When you click it there’s is nothing offering recover storage. So do you have any ideas on what to do at this point?

    • @neilmossey
      @neilmossey  5 месяцев назад +1

      Thank you for the kind question Sanyo - yes the Google Photos app is cruel and doesn't offer the option - we can only see it on the photos.google.com site.
      So we can either go there on the browser in our phone or use a laptop or tablet to go to that site.
      Hope this helps and good luck with your storage

  • @carolinecollett8232
    @carolinecollett8232 3 месяца назад

    Thank you for this video! How long should it take to compress the photos. Mine has been compressing for nearly 12 hours and nothing has happened. Should I carry on waiting or start again?