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How Storage Quotas Work in Google for Faculty, Students, and Staff

This article applies to: Strategic Storage Initiative

There is a default storage quota of 15 Gigabytes (GB) for faculty, student, and staff Cornell Google accounts. More space can be requested when needed for teaching, research, and Cornell business. 

You can see how much storage you're using and how much space you have before reaching your storage cap at your Google storage page. (If you have another Google account, such as a personal account, make sure you're looking at the Drive Storage page for your Cornell account by clicking your profile icon in the upper right. Your Cornell Google account is the one using your netid@cornell.edu email address.) 

If you need more space, first try following Google's advice to manage your storage. When reducing storage, bear in mind that video and image files can be significantly larger than most other types of files.

If you are Cornell faculty, student, or staff and still need more space for education, research, or Cornell business projects, you can request a higher quota.

Please note that removing all your stored images in Google Photos will turn off your access to the service. This is part of the discontinuation of the Google Photos service. For more information, learn about the future of the Google Photos service at Cornell.

 

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