5 ways to free up space in Gmail

In this article, we have chosen five ways that will help free up some, and perhaps a lot of space in your mailbox.

It seemed that the 25 GB that are in Gmail, I can not take ever. However, this moment has come, and I with bulging eyes looking for ways to quickly free up space in your mailbox. Delete messages one at a time, yes, even of 10 pieces, it does not make any sense. But still found ways, and we want to share them with you!

Delete unnecessary files

search menu in Gmail allows you to search for files by size. The most voluminous of them, most likely, will be music and video. Therefore, type in the search box filename: mp3 or filename: mov and be able to see all the letters, in which there are such files. Their removal will significantly increase the amount of free space.

Another useful option is checked, "With the app" that will show all the letters that have attachments. It is also in the search box.

text format

Gmail messages can be sent in two different formats: HTML and plain text (plain text). Despite the fact that HTML is slightly larger than normal text, in the long term, it could affect the amount of free memory. In order to switch to plain text, open a new message, click on the arrow in the lower right corner and select "Plain Text."

Delete old emails

Team older_than: 2y It allows you to find all the letters that are older than two years. Substitute any figure necessary to you, then select all the old letters and delete them. You can also specify a particular sender to remove all promotional emails or spam old.

Search by size

Again Gmail search bar works wonders. To find all files that are larger than a specified size, type larger: 5m. This command finds files that are larger than 5 MB. Just as in the previous tip, you can change the attribute to the one you want.

Keep the old emails locally

If you can not remove the old letters, as the information of which can still be useful, you can use these method. Gmvault utility saves all mail to your computer, and then, at any moment, you can load it back into Gmail.

We hope that these tips help you to free up some space in your mailbox. Timely archive and delete unwanted messages and forget about all these situations!