Remove Data Documents in Google Drive For Free

How to delete files on Google Drive Open the Google Drive app on your phone or tablet. To see a list of all files, tap the folder symbol near the screen's bottom right area. To delete a file, tap the three-dot menu to its right. Scroll down the pop-up menu until you find the "Remove" option and click it.

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 .

Free up space with Google Drive. To quickly free up space in your Drive, find and delete the files that are taking up the most space. info Features are subject to availability. The steps may look different depending on your device.

If the Remove option is grayed out, it means you haven't moved them into Drive and they are only in the "Shared with me" folder. In other words, another user has the document in their Google Drive and you are simply sharing that file.

Folders and files are protected by User Rights and you need to have the Permissions set to gain the right to delete files.

Delete an individual file forever On your computer, go to drive.google.com. On the left, click Trash. Click a file. At the top, click Delete forever .

In most cases, it may be because there are shared collaboration folders in the files you deleted, and these files may reappear after deletion. Besides, if you directly delete a certain folder, the files under that folder may not be deleted, they still exist in Google Drive.

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.