This is a short vent about Google. I needed to get this out…
Why does Google constantly warn you when your free 15 Gb of cloud storage is close to full, then make it so difficult to delete anything from your account?
Yes, I know the actual reason why – the scarier the warnings, the more apt you are to buy more of their cloud storage – especially once you discover the hoops to jump through to clean things up.
GMail isn’t so bad, while still not being simple. I generally clean out email by the year. I keep the current year and remove everything else. First I use the Google Takeouts tool to archive everything for a download, then import the mail into a local app for access. Generally, I mark all email based on the date, move it into a temporary folder and then delete it all. Pretty simple.
Google Photos, on the other hand, is a major pain in the ass. There is no bulk delete method there. You have to open the web app, mark the images manually (batches can be manually marked based on the date, but there’s no bulk marking method). This is time consuming to a level you wouldn’t expect from this behemoth of a tech company.
Rant over. Get better, Google.
This is why I use Immich.