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Google Drive Has a New Hidden Limit on Files
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Google has built its cloud storage systems to handle your entire digital life, including all your photos, videos, emails, and other files. However, there’s now a limit to the number of individual files you can keep in Google Drive.
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Google has put a hard limit on the number of files Drive users can have in one account, according to a report from Ars Technica. The rollout came without warning and many paying Drive users found themselves suddenly locked out of new file uploads.
As Ars Technica reports, the file limit was not a bug as some Reddit users had suspected. A Google spokesperson confirmed to the publication that the restriction was “a safeguard to prevent misuse of our system in a way that might impact the stability and safety of the system.”
While the surprise rollout that’s been affecting accounts for months sounds scary, it really isn’t. The file limit imposed by Google is up to 5 million. The average user is nowhere near that number in their Drive account, and the company told Ars Technica that “the number of impacted users here is vanishingly small.”
However, the surprise rollout came with no public statement from Google. Ars Technica writes that the file limit has been at play since at least February, with users left in the lurch with no explanation. An especially troubling revelation for those who pay large sums of money for Google Workspace plan packages.
For 30TB of storage with Google One, the company charges a whopping $150/month, and with an “enterprise” plan, Google promises “As much storage as you need.” Needless to say, a hard limit on the number of individual files undermines this claim.
The company added additional nuance, clarifying to Ars Technica that the limit applies to “how many items one user can create in any Drive,” not a “total cap for all files in a drive.”
Google did not immediately respond to Mashable’s request for comment.
Google Drive Has a Hidden File Limit
The issue was flagged by users on Reddit as well as Google’s Issue Tracker and appears to have been put in place around mid-February. The file limit in place puts a hard ceiling on the total number of files stored in Google Drive at five million items. This limit ignores file size and type, and is a simple count of the number of files in your online storage bucket. This also includes items stored in the trash (which is automatically emptied every 30 days). When that limit is reached (or if the account has already exceeded it), Google Drive shows the following message: “This account has exceeded the creation limit of 5 million items. To create more items, move items to the trash and delete them forever.”
One user reports having seven million items in their account prior to the limit being enforced, with their account no longer able to add any new files. Effectively, that user and anyone else in the same situation are locked out of their accounts, with the files stored now in a “read-only” mode. Google appears to have confirmed the limit to some users via support, but has yet to speak out publicly about it.
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