Storage space and labels

Gmail is one of the most used email services in the world. Therefore, it is usual that sometimes many of us doubt some of its functions. One of the questions you usually generate in people is this: Is it possible to repeat messages by saving them in several places? This suspicion is common because people are afraid of using all their storage space and having to pay more.

Another frequently asked question is how do you know if you’ve already filled all of your bin. We hope to answer all these questions in the next article. And that they can use their Gmail with peace of mind and without fear.

What happens to the space in Gmail?

Gmail storage. via ZDNet

Well, the answer to size in Gmail is not very long, but believe us, it will show you many things. Especially since Google makes finding out how much space your Gmail is using really easy.

The first thing you need to do is scroll down and get to the bottom of your email inbox. There you’ll see a small bar graph of one entry that shows you how much space you’ve used in your Gmail. If you suddenly notice that you want more space, you can sign up for one of their payment plans and start paying a monthly fee.

Gmail detail storage
Gmail detail storage. via ZDNet

And if you want to see more details, you can get a detailed view of your storage, just click on the small window icon that opens next to the graph.

How do tags work?

Regarding the previous question about duplicate messages or the possibility of Gmail saving multiple emails in multiple places, we have to tell you this: Gmail never saves messages in multiple places. It simply tags letters with tag indexes. So when Gmail searches for what appears to be a folder, it actually does a smart search to show you all messages that match the rating index.

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So what does all this mean? Let’s see that most user platforms use two ways to represent storage: folders and labels.

Folders contain files or data items. In general, only a specific file can be moved to a folder. However, just as a file can be in a specific folder, it can also contain one or more labels. In this way, the tags act as features or characteristics.

So when Gmail talks about labels, it’s really just a label for messages. No, apart from a few bytes of the tag index, the tag does not increase your mail space if you put Multiple categories messages. In fact, it doesn’t matter if you have a 24KB message or a 25MB PowerPoint presentation, this is irrelevant: multiple labels won’t increase your Gmail storage usage.

We hope all this helped you and you can now be cool with your Gmail inbox.

Myrtle Frost

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