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iCantliveOnCrumbsOfD t1_jdhceg5 wrote

Reply to comment by Alexis_J_M in LPT: Running out of Google Drive/Gmail space? Use “older_than:6y” in the search bar and then mass delete. Use “larger:10m” to find every email larger than 10mb and then mass delete. by R961ROP

Since you have so many things that are very important maybe you should back them up in multiple places? Like Google drive and other cloud services. I think it's a great LPT.

In your instance maybe you only need to go back 3 years... If your oldest things are at 6 and 7 years ago They won't come up in the search. But still back them up in other places because you never know.... Shit even print some of them out old school

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Alexis_J_M t1_jdiyolh wrote

I've been using my Gmail account for over 20 years. There's no other cloud storage I've been using that long.

And yes, I know, putting all my eggs in one basket is risky. But wholesale deletion is certainly not the answer.

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