Whichever Google account you use, this quick process lets you back up every message and photo at no extra cost.

Gmail's default 15GB of storage can fill up fast, since it's shared with Google Drive and Photos. You can get around this by archiving your current inbox contents to a new, secondary Gmail account.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Question: What’s the best way to free up space in my Gmail account? If your Gmail account is warning you that storage is full — or ...

When I created my Gmail account in the 2000s, I didn't think I would ever fill up my inbox. That seemed especially true after Google increased the amount of free Gmail storage to 15GB in 2013. But ...

Jason Chun is a CNET writer covering a range of topics in tech, home, wellness, finance and streaming services. He is passionate about language and technology, and has been an avid writer/reader of ...