Just like physical hard drives, even the space on your Google Drive account has a limited capacity. If you have a standard Google account like most of us, the 15GB of free space may not be enough. If you don’t want to pay for extra storage, freeing up some space on your Drive is the only way to keep using it for cloud storage.
How To: Permanently Delete Files From Google Drive
In this post, we will explain how to permanently delete files from Google Drive.
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To keep your data safe, Google Drive doesn’t offer a permanent delete button when you’re working with your files on a device. However, you can use fairly simple steps on any device to permanently delete files you upload to the service.