It's possible that you're paying for more Google Drive storage than you can actually use

Photo Credit: University Of Alberta The maximum number of files you can generate per account on Drive is 5 million, thanks to a limit Google has set. Without warning and without making a public announcement, the firm adopted the new limit in February. Several media stated that it is applicable to all Google Workspace users, regardless of whether you pay for more storage. When they discovered they could no longer upload files despite paying for several terabytes of storage, several users unceremoniously became aware of the change. One Reddit user who had a 2TB storage plan described having seven million files in Drive. Before they could continue to add new files, they got a message that their upload had failed and were told to delete some files. Truncating files into zip folders seems to be the main answer at the moment. Photo Credit: MultCloud The strongest clue that the change was made covertly was that users first appeared to think it was a bug and reported it to Google's issue tracker. A Google official, Ross Richendrfer, told The Verge that the company made this decision to "keep good performance and dependability" of Drive and to "avoid exploitation" of the Google Workspace services, although Google later verified that the limit is actually there. When they reach their limit, you ought to get a notification with instructions on how to get in touch with Google for assistance, the spokesman continued. The sole saving grace is that the 5 million file limit does not apply to content that other users share to your Drive, allowing you to host more files as long as you are not the original creator. Also Read: Save Money on Google Drive and Gmail with These Tips Nonetheless, this is a problem because paying clients can be paying for more storage than they actually need and you now run the risk of exceeding their file production cap before they run out of storage. Five million 4KB files would occupy 20GB of storage, according to a reliable source, and 30TB of storage would easily hold billions of files. This file creation cap can cause people to reconsider paying as paid customers and Workspace business clients are Google's mainstays.