Google Photos free storage to end from June 1, check paid plans and steps to free up space

If you have already reached close to the limit of 15GB, and do not want to consider a paid plan yet, you can change the quality settings of the photos from Original to High. Users can also free up space by using storage management tools.

Starting June 1, which is tomorrow, Google Photos will stop the free, unlimited storage of high-quality photos. The existing high-quality photos and videos are exempt from this change and will not count towards the 15GB default storage that comes with a Google account. However, after tomorrow, the new high-quality photos and uncompressed original photos will count towards a user’s storage once the policy comes into effect. If you have already reached close to the limit of 15GB, and do not want to consider a paid plan yet, you can change the quality settings of the photos from Original to High. Users can also free up space by using tools that Google has introduced for Google Photos to weed out unwanted photos and videos. Users can also do the same by going to the Manage Storage section in Google One.