Part 10: Mind the Trash - Are You Constantly Looking for Files in Your Google Drive?

Changes are coming to how Google Drive is handling contents in My Drive's Trash:

The Trash Section in Google Drive

Tips for end-users and small businesses:

Both for Gmail and G Suite users, starting October 13, 2020, files that have been sitting in the My Drive Trash for 30 days, will get deleted. This is in line with how Shared drives (G Suite Business and up) and Gmail are handling deleted items.

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You can restore items from the Trash by right-clicking them and selecting Restore. The content will go back to its original location once restored.

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When you do searches in Drive, pay attention to small popup notifications in the lower left corner of your Google Drive. They may disappear quickly! Those are notifications that indicate that you may have content that matches your search, but the items are in the Trash. If you need to, re-do the search and watch for the notifications.

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Note that when it comes to storage, files in your Google Drive Trash can take up storage space. If space is needed, delete them forever by right-clicking them and selecting Delete forever.

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Generally speaking, Google files do not take up space, but other file formats do. To check what takes up storage space in your Drive, click on Storage.

❓ Is there anything else that keeps you scratching your head in Google Drive? Let me know in the Comments below.

Tips for mid-size companies and large enterprises:

Communicate about upcoming changes to the Google Drive Trash -- just in case your users rely on files in Trash to be restorable.

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