It’s frustrating to see another email from Google saying that your Gmail is full. Just a few emails coming in and out will already give Google another reason to notify you of full storage space.
Deleting emails can help free up some storage space and will give you enough room for incoming and outgoing messages. However, you do not want to end up in a cycle where you are constantly deleting a few emails to save room. What you need to do is to find larger emails, so it will take many new emails before you start deleting old ones again.
Check out the steps below on how you can find and delete large emails in your Gmail account.
Finding Large Emails with Attachment on Gmail
Take note that email sizes vary depending on their content. If you have emails with large sized attachments, it will take up a lot of space in your storage.
Now, when looking for large emails, look for messages with images, pdf files, or videos since these formats have large storage size. Document files are normally smaller in size. When you get to these emails, check the size of the images, pdf files, and videos. Delete those that you do not need or are too big to store in your Gmail.
Alternatively, you can download the attachment to your email before you start deleting them. That way, you still have the copy stored locally even if you have to delete those emails.
One easy way to search for attachment sizes on your Gmail is to write this format in your search box: has:attachment larger:10MB. The larger:10MB means that you are searching for emails that are bigger than 10MB in size, so you can set the size limit depending on your preference. The maximum limit of email attachments on Google is at 25MB.
Deleting Large Emails with Attachment on Gmail to Save Storage Space
After you have searched for the files with large attachments, you can delete these emails. You can do it one at a time if you want to check the contents first. Just click the email to open it and click the Trash can icon to delete it.
But, if you decide to detail all the emails, select all the emails and click the trash can icon.
That’s it! Now, you can free up some storage space in your Gmail account for new ones. Was the article helpful? Tell us in the comments below.
