To let others use your Google One storage space, try Google One family sharing. All members of a Google One family plan can find how much shared storage they use. Your files aren't shared with the rest of your family, and they can't access your files without your permission.
Tip: Family sharing isn’t available for the Google One Lite plan (30 GB). Learn how to update your Google One plan & troubleshoot upgrade issues.
Learn how family sharing works with Google One
The person who shares their storage is called the Google One plan manager. This person can start or stop sharing their Google One family plan at any time. You can share Google One with up to 5 family members.
Based on how much storage your family group uses, you can change, upgrade, or downgrade your Google One plan.
There are 2 kinds of storage space: personal storage space and shared storage space.
Important: The Workspace Individual subscriber’s cloud storage can’t be shared among family members.
- Each member of the family group gets 15 GB of personal storage space for their files: A family member’s files fill up their personal space first.
- There's also shared storage split between everyone in your family group: After a family member's personal storage gets filled up, their files count toward the shared storage space. Family members can use as much of this available storage as they want.
- Others in your family won’t have access to your files unless you share them directly.
- When you make a family group, extra benefits are shown to everyone in your family, except accounts managed by parents. Some benefits go to the first family member who claims them.
To join a family group, you need to:
- Have a Google Account. You can't join a family with a Google Account from your work, school, or other organization.
- Live in the same country as the family manager.
- Be part of just one family group.
- Be in no other family group in the past 12 months.
Google One family plan members will:
- Stop using your available storage. If they run out of storage, their files will stay safe, but they won't be able to store anything new. Learn more about what happens when they run out of space.
- Lose access to experts who answer questions about Google products.
- Lose the ability to find or claim benefits.
Many of the same effects can happen if the Google One plan manager decides to leave the family group, or if they delete or remove someone from the family group.
Share Google One membership benefits with your family group
To set up a family group, you must be 18 years or older. The people you invite need to live in the same country as you.
A family group allows family members to:
- Share a single payment method.
- Use Google's family services.
- Share digital purchases.
- Share family subscriptions, such as a Google One membership.
Benefits that everyone in the family group can use:
- Enhanced editing features in Google Photos
- Shipping benefits on Google Photos print orders
- The benefits are available in:
- Canada
- European Union
- United Kingdom
- United States
- The benefits are available in:
- Premium features in Google Workspace
- The feature is available for Google One Premium plans.
- AI Premium benefits: Family group members who are 18 years and older can enjoy these benefits until June 30, 2025 at no extra charge.
- Gemini Advanced
- Gemini in Gmail, Docs, Slides, and more
Allowed benefits for Google One plan manager:
- Get Google Store credit from eligible Google Store purchases.
- The benefit is available in:
- Australia
- Canada
- Germany
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Users on Google One trial memberships aren’t eligible.
- The benefit is available in:
- Fitbit Premium and Nest Aware bundle:
- The feature is available for Google One Premium plan subscribers in the United Kingdom.
Step 1: Set up a family group
- On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google One app
.
- At the top, tap Menu
Settings.
- Tap Manage family settings
- To finish setup, follow the on-screen instructions.
Step 2: Share with your family
Anyone in a family group can purchase a Google One membership and share it with their whole family, up to 6 members total, at no extra cost.
- On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google One app
- At the top, tap Menu
Settings.
- Tap Manage family settings.
- Turn on Share Google One with your family. To confirm, on the next screen, tap Share.
- Tap Manage family group
- Follow the instructions to finish setup.
Tip: If you downgrade to a Google One Lite plan (30 GB) from a 100 GB plan or above and have family sharing enabled, your family sharing will be automatically disabled. If you upgrade again to a 100 GB plan or above, you’ll need to re-enable family sharing.
How to stop sharing with your family
- On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google One app
- At the top, tap Menu
- To stop sharing your membership, turn off Share Google One with family.
Check storage usage by family member
You can check how your total space is shared between members of your Google One family plan.
- On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google One app
- At the bottom, tap Storage.
- Next to "Family storage," tap the down arrow
.
- Review which members take up space.
Members of a family group can only free up space from their own storage usage. You can't affect the storage usage by other family members. Ask the people using too much space if they can free up Google storage space.
Tip: To change your family plan members, check How to manage your Google family.
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Find your family’s storage usageIf you’re the Google One plan manager and can’t find how much your storage is used, follow the steps above to make sure family sharing is on.
When you join a family, your family members can find your name, photo, and email address. They can also find how much shared storage each family member uses.
Family members aren’t able to find your photos, videos, or other items unless you directly share them.
If you have a Google One Membership, you can enjoy both your individual storage and the Family Plan Manager’s shared storage. However, you have to use your individual storage up before you use the shared storage.
If you already have a Google One Membership when your family adds you to their plan, you can use both memberships and storage. However, you can’t upgrade or downgrade your individual membership. Once you use up your individual account’s storage, you can start to use the family’s storage.