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Binkie The Clown

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2. My solution is probably too easy for most people

Reply to SheltieLover (Original post)

Fri Oct 16, 2020, 04:55 PM

Oct 2020

Every morning I scan down my inbox and delete everything that is more than 1 week old.

If there's some content I really must keep, I'll copy/paste it into a text file (or image file as the case may be) and save it to disk. Then delete the email.

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Quick question about gmail storage space [View all] SheltieLover Oct 2020 OP

Does she save everything? I know on my gmail account trash is dumped after 30 days. nt mitch96 Oct 2020 #1

From what I gather, yes SheltieLover Oct 2020 #3

I don't think there's a way to show the space used by each individual message... MissLilyBart Oct 2020 #5

My solution is probably too easy for most people Binkie The Clown Oct 2020 #2

Thank you SheltieLover Oct 2020 #4

"If there's some content I really must keep, I'll copy/paste it into a text file" mitch96 Oct 2020 #8

How would she save on cloud? SheltieLover Oct 2020 #9

I think it depends on which OS she is using and then if it's the google cloud, apple cloud etc. mitch96 Oct 2020 #11

Ok ty! SheltieLover Oct 2020 #13

everything counts. Voltaire2 Oct 2020 #6

Thank you SheltieLover Oct 2020 #10

Wow! She used up 16GB? OK, that's entirely possible, but there are several simple answers... TreasonousBastard Oct 2020 #7

So all phone pix go automatically to google? SheltieLover Oct 2020 #12

Mine do. I suppose there's a setting somewhere, but I haven't found it. In some ways it's doing you TreasonousBastard Oct 2020 #14

Tyvm! SheltieLover Oct 2020 #15

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