At the start of June, the Google Photos storage policy change announced last year will come into effect. Ahead of that, Google Photos is rolling out the promised “review and delete” tool and a renamed “Storage saver” tier.
Tap your profile avatar in the top-right corner of the app and select the “Account storage” progress bar to open the “Back up & sync” menu. A “Manage storage” button takes users to a new page where you can “Review and delete” the following:
- Large photos & videos
- Blurry photos
- Screenshots
Selecting one will surface “photos & videos that count towards your Google Account storage.” The company is reminding users today that existing ‘High quality’ photos and videos are exempt from this upcoming change.
Any photos or videos backed up in High quality before June 1, 2021, will not count toward your Google Account storage. These photos and videos will remain free and exempt from the storage limit.
You’ll be able to select media and delete to reclaim space going forward. Google Photos is rolling out the “review & delete” tool from today onwards. This is in addition to the existing personalized estimate that Google provides on when you’ll run out of storage.
We estimate that more than 80 percent of you should still be able to store roughly three more years of memories in High quality with your free 15GB of storage. As your storage nears 15GB, we will notify you in the app and follow up by email.
Meanwhile, Google Photos is renaming “High quality” backup tier to “Storage saver” to make the options “easier to understand.” There is no underlying or technical change in quality.
More about Google Photos:
- ‘Out-of-sync’ Google Photos prompts on non-Pixel devices may go away with Android 12
- Google Photos’ Locked Folder will be limited to certain Pixels, local-storage only
- Google Photos to add more personalized Memories collections, 3D Cinematic photos
Author: Abner Li
Source: 9TO5Google
