Google Drive Without Notification Limits User File Storage

JAKARTA - Google Drive is secretly applying a file storage limit where if users reach more than 5 million files, they will be asked to move them elsewhere or delete them.

The cloud storage service actually provides up to 15GB of free storage space for each Google account holder. However, some users choose to pay for larger storage packages.

When customers pay for additional storage, they should be able to save as many files as they want as long as they don't reach the data limit.

However, Google without notification to its customers activated restrictions in February earlier this year, asking users to delete files from their Drive accounts if they save more than 5 million files.

The 5 million files restriction does not include files shared to Drive by other users, so they can host more files as long as they are not the original creator.

One proof when a Reddit user with username r/google has seven million files on Drive with 2TB storage packages. However, when he wanted to upload files to his account, he then received a notification of upload failures and directions to delete files before they could continue creating new files.

Initially, the user thought it was a bug. However, Google finally confirmed where the restriction had already been directed.

Google spokesman Ross Richendrfer told The Verge quoted from Digital Trends, Tuesday, April 4, the company has taken the move to maintain Drive's strong performance and reliability and prevent misuse of the Google Workspace system.

As reported by Ars Technica, five million files with one file measuring 400KB will take up 20GB of storage, and 30TB of storage can easily be equated with billions of files. In other words, some users can pay for more storage than they can actually use, unless they choose to compress their files into the toilet folder.