Storage
How much storage you get depends on your plan: 500 MB on Explorer, 5 GB on Curator and 50 GB on Archivist. See Plans and pricing for prices. On every plan, including Explorer, each file can be up to 50 MB.
Viewing your usage
Go to to see:
- How much you've used, and how much is left
- The percentage of your limit used
- How many photos you have, and their average size
Upload quality
The same page sets the default Upload quality for new photos (select Save changes after picking one):
- Compressed (default): photos are stored at up to 2048px as WebP. For most photos you won't see the difference, and they take far less space (roughly 500 KB each).
- Original quality: the exact file you upload is kept alongside the compressed version, and both count toward your storage.
You can still override the default each time you upload.
What counts toward storage
Storage belongs to the owner of the collection a photo lives in:
- Your uploads to your collections count toward your storage.
- Other people's uploads to your collections also count toward your storage.
- Your uploads to someone else's collection count toward their storage, not yours.
So if a friend adds 500 MB to a collection you own, that's 500 MB of yours. If you add 2 GB to theirs, it's theirs.
Freeing up space
Delete photos you don't need
Open a collection, select the photos you don't want and delete them. They're removed straight away, and so is the space they took.
Upgrade your plan
Go to Account settings → Subscription and choose a bigger plan. The new limit applies as soon as your payment goes through.
When you're running low
Once you pass 90% of your limit, the Storage page shows a Running low on storage warning, so you can clear some space or upgrade before you hit the limit.
Once you pass 90% of your limit, the Storage page shows a Running low on storage warning, so you can clear some space before you hit the limit.
When you're full
Reaching your limit only stops new uploads. Everything you've already saved is safe:
- Your photos stay fully accessible.
- You can still view, share and organise your collections.
- Nobody can upload to your collections (you or the people you've invited) until you delete some photos or upgrade. Nobody can upload to your collections (you or the people you've invited) until you delete some photos.
