# How to check storage usage and reduce space in free plan?

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-check-storage-usage-and-reduce-space-in-free-plan/86045>\
**Category:** Ask for Help\
**Created:** [January 16, 2026, 10:24am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-check-storage-usage-and-reduce-space-in-free-plan/86045 "2026-01-16T10:24:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![fredodo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fredodo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/fredodo)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 10:24am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-check-storage-usage-and-reduce-space-in-free-plan/86045/1 "2026-01-16T10:24:51Z")

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Hi Glide community,

I’m using two apps on the free plan, and I just got a notification that I’ve run out of storage. I’m not sure which files or data are taking up the most space.

I have already replaced most of the images stored in Glide with links to my Google Drive, but I’m still running into storage issues.

Could someone explain how to:

1. See what is using the storage in my apps?

2. Reduce the space used, especially for images, files, or other large data?

Any tips or best practices would be really helpful.

Thanks in advance!

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**Author:** ![MaximeBaker](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/maximebaker/32/80877_2.png) [@MaximeBaker](https://community.glideapps.com/u/MaximeBaker)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 10:49am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-check-storage-usage-and-reduce-space-in-free-plan/86045/2 "2026-01-16T10:49:26Z")

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Make sure that images stored with Google Storage Links (the one Glide generate when uploading an image) are not anywhere else in your apps.

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**Author:** ![MaximeBaker](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/maximebaker/32/80877_2.png) [@MaximeBaker](https://community.glideapps.com/u/MaximeBaker)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 10:50am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-check-storage-usage-and-reduce-space-in-free-plan/86045/3 "2026-01-16T10:50:42Z")

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To know how much storage space you used, go to the billing section at the bottom:

 ![1000044466](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/a/5/a50a9251ba9893db2a717959c608391f31c2a03e.png)

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**Author:** ![fredodo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fredodo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/fredodo)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 11:03am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-check-storage-usage-and-reduce-space-in-free-plan/86045/4 "2026-01-16T11:03:43Z")

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Hi,

Thanks for your reply. I have already replaced my images with links to Google Drive, but my storage usage hasn’t changed.

I would like to know **exactly what is taking up space** in my apps. Are there still any images or files hosted on Glide that I could replace with external links?

Any guidance on identifying and cleaning up these remaining files would be really helpful.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 12:49pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-check-storage-usage-and-reduce-space-in-free-plan/86045/5 "2026-01-16T12:49:36Z")

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Be sure to check all apps in your team.

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**Author:** ![fredodo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fredodo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/fredodo)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2026, 12:42pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-check-storage-usage-and-reduce-space-in-free-plan/86045/6 "2026-01-26T12:42:52Z")

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Thanks, I found the issue.

I still had some apps in the **Templates** section that were using storage. After deleting those template apps, a lot of storage was freed up.

Hopefully this can help others running into the same issue. Thanks again!

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/system/32/53398_2.png) [@system](https://community.glideapps.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2026, 12:43pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-check-storage-usage-and-reduce-space-in-free-plan/86045/7 "2026-02-02T12:43:23Z")

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