Summary
What Is Google One?
Google One is a subscription plan that provides additional cloud storage for Gmail, Google Drive, and Google Photos. It also offers benefits such as access to Google experts for help, family sharing, and cool features such asMagic EraserandDark Webmonitoring.
The service follows the monthly and annual subscription models while offering multiple storage plans catering to different budgets and storage requirements:
If these plans don’t coveryour storage needs, you have the option of splurging anywhere between $25 and $150 per month for a more generous storage limit ranging from 5TB to 30TB.
Storage can only be shared with members who have their own Google accounts and reside in the same country as you.
Step 1: Set Up a Family Group
First, set up a family group to share your Google One storage. If you’ve already created one, you may skip this step.
Go to theGoogle Familiespage and click “Get Started”(you may access the link on your desktop, laptop, phone, or tablet).
Click on the “Create a family group"button. A family manager manages group members and the Google apps and services shared with them.
Confirm your status as a family manager.
Add up to five family members by entering their names or email addresses. Children below 13 can be added viaGoogle Family Link. you may skip this step for now if you want.
Voilà! Your family group is created. If you didn’t skip the previous step, your family members will receive an invitation email to join your family group. Once they join, you’ll be notified by email.
The invite expires in two weeks, so let them know.
If you skipped the third step, you can add your family members by visiting the sameGoogle Familiespage, clicking the “Get Started” button, then clicking the “Send invitations” button, and then adding their email addresses.
Step 2: Share Your Google One Storage
Now that your family group is up and running, let’s set up your Google One shared storage.
From the Web
Visit yourGoogle Accountpage and click on the “Go to Google Account” button.
Click the “Go to Google One” tab.
Click the settings icon located on the top right.
Click the “Manage Family Settings"drop-down and toggle the “Share Google One with family"buttonto on.
From the Google One Mobile App
If you have the Google One app on Android or iPhone, you can start sharing your storage by following these steps:
Open the Google One app and tap the sidebar from the left-hand side.
Click on “Settings.”
Go to “Manage family settings"under “Backup and sharing.”
Toggle the “Share Google One with your family"button to on.
Your family members will now be able to access the shared Google One storage. Once they have used up their free 15GB of storage, they will automatically start using up the additional shared storage. This does not mean that they will have access to your files and data unless you explicitly share it with them.
How to Stop Sharing Storage
If you need to stop sharing your Google One storage with your family, then follow these steps:
Stop Sharing Storage From the Web
Click the “Manage Family Settings"drop-down and toggle the “Share Google One with family"buttonto off.
Stop Sharing Storage From the Google One App
If you have the Google One app on Android or iOS, you can stop sharing your storage by following these steps:
Toggle the “Share Google One with your family"button to off.
If you stop sharing your storage with your family, they will no longer be able to access the additional storage. If they have used up all of their personal storage, their existing files will remain safe. However, they will not be able to store anything new; Google has a handy explanation ofwhat that means.
