Check Your Current Storage Usage
View your current Google storage usage to determine if you are within the defined storage limit for Austin Community College (25 GB).
The total amount of storage you use is spread across the Google Workspace services, which includes
The example image below shows a storage usage of 85.96 GB. This user needs to review their files and usage to remain in the limit of 25 GB.
Know how to delete files and folders (single and multiple)
To reduce storage usage across Google services, it is useful to know how to delete a single file or folder, and how to delete multiple files and folders at once.
How to Delete a Single file/folder:
1. Right click,or click the ellipsis to access the pop up menu and select Move to trash.
Note: You can also select the item and press the Delete key on your keyboard.
How to Delete a Multiple files/folders at once:
To delete multiple files at once in Google Drive, you need to select the files using keyboard shortcuts and move them to the trash.
Option 1: Select files that are next to each other (Consecutively)
- Click on the first file you want to delete.
- Press and hold the Shift key on your keyboard.
- Click on the last file in the list. All files in between will highlight.
- Move to trash.
Option 2: Select specific files scattered around (Non-consecutively)
- Click on the first file you want to delete.
- Press and hold the Ctrl key (Windows) or Command key (Mac).
- Click on each individual file you want to remove while holding the key down.
- Move to trash.
Option 3: Select all files in a folder
- Click anywhere inside the folder to focus the screen.
- Press Ctrl + A (Windows) or Command + A (Mac) to highlight and select all files in the folder.
- Move these items to trash.
