EXTENAL HARD DRIVE NOT TO EXPNSIVE

flaneurs_lobster

Pay Microsoft £20/year for 100GB of storage. 

TELLIT01

aayush said:

The above is what is shown on email account have deleted most of emails folder and deleted folders but still no joy 

If that is all e-mails I can only assume you keep all attachments and every email you have ever received.

oldernonethewiser

HAve they been deleted into a bin which still counts towards storage?

If so and you empty that bin it should reduce the size.

Just checked an Gmail account that I have had for 20 years and it has 3GB

Another email that I have had for as long uses less than 400mb and this is the account I use most often.

Must get my Gmail tidied up.

Boat_to_Bolivia

TELLIT01 said:

aayush said:

The above is what is shown on email account have deleted most of emails folder and deleted folders but still no joy 

If that is all e-mails I can only assume you keep all attachments and every email you have ever received.

It really doesn't make much sense. I have One Drive too and yesterday after deleting a load of emails and other documents, it went from saying I had used 5.3GB of 5GB of storage down to 4.8GB used.

I have added nothing to the storage nor received any emails since then but today it reads I have used 5.2GB of 5GB storage?

Very odd. I emptied the recycling bin and it is empty I just checked.

It also says I have 15GB of email storage including attachments and messages across all folders, of which I have used 1.1GB.

Very confusing for a complete idiot when it comes to computers.

GrumpyDil

Are you deleting directly from one drive. I would guess you deleted from one drive and that it then uploaded the deleted files again from your pc. 

Boat_to_Bolivia

GrumpyDil said:

Are you deleting directly from one drive. I would guess you deleted from one drive and that it then uploaded the deleted files again from your pc. 

Yes I deleted direct from one drive.

twopenny

I had a message similar to this and also deleted and emptied the junk and deleted, switched on and off, did all the usual and the message remained.
I decided to ignore it and one day it just disappeared.
If you are sure you've cleaned up - and deleted cookies.....it could be something lodged in there ... just sit it out
It will go. I have a theory it's an advertising ploy to get you to pay for space. As per Mr Lobsters post.

Is it all still working apart from the message?

flaneurs_lobster

twopenny said:

 I have a theory it's an advertising ploy to get you to pay for space. As per Mr Lobsters post.

Genuine moneysaving suggestion, going to be cheaper than buying an external HDD and much simpler way to fix the problem.

I believe the OP has said in another post that they can no longer send/receive emails on this account.

outtatune

GrumpyDil said:

Are you deleting directly from one drive. I would guess you deleted from one drive and that it then uploaded the deleted files again from your pc. 

Doesn't work that way. If you delete a file from OneDrive it'll also delete it from the synced folder on the computer.