Google Photo/Drive Storage (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by HarbingerOfTomb@lemmy.world to c/google@lemmy.world

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I've been cleaning out my drive and photos lately because I've been on the edge of having no storage for a year. I removed A LOT of photos yesterday and now I am again out of storage.

Upon investigation, 'Device Backup' is now taking up a third of my storage space. Delving into that further, MMS messages backup is taking up 6 gb total.

I do not have Google One.

I don't see any way to remove the MMS without deleting the entire backup.

Anyone have experience with this?

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[-] randombullet@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago

So hear me out. Buy a pixel 1.

Use a syncing software.

Sync your old photos to your pixel 1.

Unlimited photo upload.

Been doing it for about 5 years now. Works amazingly.

[-] eskimofry@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Is MMS popular even?

Anyway; Maybe try to delete older backups if all of them have same files?

[-] silent_robo@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

Just delete MMS in Message app. Then the backup size will reduce.

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