{"id":2901,"date":"2023-02-20T14:42:09","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T19:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rossweb.bus.umich.edu\/ross-it\/?page_id=2901"},"modified":"2025-05-10T11:47:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T15:47:09","slug":"google-storage-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rossweb.bus.umich.edu\/ross-it\/community-services\/google-storage-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Storage Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In 2021,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.blog.google\/outreach-initiatives\/education\/google-workspace-for-education\/\">Google announced a storage model change<\/a>&nbsp;that involved no longer offering free, unlimited storage to accounts using their services,&nbsp;including higher education institutions like the University of Michigan. As a result, this change requires storage limits to be placed on every account across the entire U-M domain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">New Storage Limits &amp; Deadlines:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Faculty, Staff, &amp; Student individual accounts: <strong>250GB<\/strong> by <strong>April 1, 2024<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/documentation.its.umich.edu\/google-shared-accounts\" title=\"\">Google Shared Account<\/a>: <strong>15GB<\/strong> by <strong>April 1, 2024<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/its.umich.edu\/communication\/collaboration\/google\/shared-drives\" title=\"\">Google Shared Drive<\/a>: <strong>15GB<\/strong> by <strong>October 31, 2023<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to check if you&#8217;re near or over your limit:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/quota\" title=\"\">Check your current storage usage<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1PR9W7tGhJAV3JyYKiYGDpQ6UsSVooqWRCQ8N6Avhhgo\/edit?usp=sharing\" title=\"\">Check Shared Account &amp; Shared Drive Storage Amounts<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What to do if you&#8217;re over a limit:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/documentation.its.umich.edu\/clean-up-google\" title=\"\">Tips for Cleaning Up Your U-M Google Account<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Moving to other services\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/documentation.its.umich.edu\/google-storage-transfer-tool\">ITS Google Storage Transfer Tool<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/documentation.its.umich.edu\/google-takeout\">Getting Started With Google Takeout<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Other available storage services\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/its.umich.edu\/communication\/collaboration\/dropbox\">U-M Dropbox<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/its.umich.edu\/computing\/backup-storage\/finder\">Data Storage Finder<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2021,&nbsp;Google announced a storage model change&nbsp;that involved no longer offering free, unlimited storage to accounts using their services,&nbsp;including higher education institutions like the University of Michigan. As a result, this change requires storage limits to be placed on every account across the entire U-M domain. 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