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. Submitted by R961ROP t3_11zxtr2 on March 23, 2023 at 9:20 PM in LifeProTips 132 comments 3,618
MrBoo843 t1_jdhsvyw wrote on March 24, 2023 at 2:25 PM Both return 0 results, which should be impossible, I've stuff that's a lot older and bigger on there. Permalink 1 R961ROP OP t1_jdi1sn1 wrote on March 24, 2023 at 3:23 PM Remove the speech marks Older_than:6y Permalink Parent 1 MrBoo843 t1_jdi2xp3 wrote on March 24, 2023 at 3:30 PM It keeps adding them when I click search and still 0 results... weird. I can however search by last edit : before:2023-03-01 Permalink Parent 2 MrBoo843 t1_jdi3gma wrote on March 24, 2023 at 3:34 PM Might this only work with emails and not Drive files? Permalink Parent 1 R961ROP OP t1_jdi4y4h wrote on March 24, 2023 at 3:43 PM Yes, just emails Permalink Parent 2 MrBoo843 t1_jdi6uqr wrote on March 24, 2023 at 3:55 PM That explains it, thanks! Permalink Parent 1
R961ROP OP t1_jdi1sn1 wrote on March 24, 2023 at 3:23 PM Remove the speech marks Older_than:6y Permalink Parent 1 MrBoo843 t1_jdi2xp3 wrote on March 24, 2023 at 3:30 PM It keeps adding them when I click search and still 0 results... weird. I can however search by last edit : before:2023-03-01 Permalink Parent 2 MrBoo843 t1_jdi3gma wrote on March 24, 2023 at 3:34 PM Might this only work with emails and not Drive files? Permalink Parent 1 R961ROP OP t1_jdi4y4h wrote on March 24, 2023 at 3:43 PM Yes, just emails Permalink Parent 2 MrBoo843 t1_jdi6uqr wrote on March 24, 2023 at 3:55 PM That explains it, thanks! Permalink Parent 1
MrBoo843 t1_jdi2xp3 wrote on March 24, 2023 at 3:30 PM It keeps adding them when I click search and still 0 results... weird. I can however search by last edit : before:2023-03-01 Permalink Parent 2
MrBoo843 t1_jdi3gma wrote on March 24, 2023 at 3:34 PM Might this only work with emails and not Drive files? Permalink Parent 1 R961ROP OP t1_jdi4y4h wrote on March 24, 2023 at 3:43 PM Yes, just emails Permalink Parent 2 MrBoo843 t1_jdi6uqr wrote on March 24, 2023 at 3:55 PM That explains it, thanks! Permalink Parent 1
R961ROP OP t1_jdi4y4h wrote on March 24, 2023 at 3:43 PM Yes, just emails Permalink Parent 2 MrBoo843 t1_jdi6uqr wrote on March 24, 2023 at 3:55 PM That explains it, thanks! Permalink Parent 1
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