Remove Data Contracts in Google Drive For Free

Some third-party apps and other devices like Android phones might be using Google Drive for backups and those files might be hidden on the web and not synced to your devices through Google Drive for Desktop.

To delete your Google Drive, Gmail, or Google Photos files and make space available, move them to the trash and then empty your trash. If you delete, restore, or permanently delete multiple files or folders at once, it might take time for the changes to take effect.

Put a file in trash On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Drive app. At the bottom right, tap Files . Next to the file you want to delete, tap More. Remove.

As described in the Google Terms of Service, your content remains yours. We do not claim ownership in any of your content, including any text, data, information, and files that you upload, share, or store in your Drive account.

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You can also remove multiple files simultaneously. Click the first file and click on other files to select them while holding down the "Ctrl" or "Command" key. Click the "Remove" button to remove all your selected files.

Clean up storage through Google One On your Android device, open the Google One app . At the bottom, tap Storage. Free up account storage. Select the category you want to manage. Select the files you want to remove. To sort files, at the top, tap Filter . ... After you select your files, at the top, tap Delete .

Go to Settings > General > Storage. There you'll see either View Items Taking Up Storage or Manage Storage, depending on what type of Google account you have.