As an educational institution, Google Drive gives us unlimited space. However there are physical/local space restrictions on your computers. You may one day experience a popup message saying that you are low on disk space. This likely means that the computer you are on doesn't have enough space on it to accommodate your Google Cloud drive. You don't have to delete anything from your Google Drive. You will just need to change what Google Drive Syncs to your local computer.


Here is how:

  1. On your computer, click Google DriveImage result for drive ico in your task bar. (Some people have Backup and Sync Backup and Sync)
  2. Click More More and then Preferences.
  3. At the left, click Google Drive.
  4. Click Sync My Drive to this computer.
  5. Choose Sync only these folders
  6. Select the folders that are important to keep on your computer. 
    1. Usually Videos/Photos from past years should be the first things you don't check mark.
    2. Verify that these are the files you wish to keep
  7. Click OK.
  8. These settings are per computer. This will need to be done to each and every computer you have Google Drive(Backup and Sync) installed and signed into.