Google has changed its mind about limiting the number of files that may be created by users in Google Drive. What does this mean? Well, it all started two months ago when the business decided to limit all Google Drive customers to 5 million files. The worst thing is that even if you were paying for extra storage, you would still be limited!
The tech giant handled this in the worst way imaginable by implementing the limit abruptly and without warning. What a shame, right?!
We recently rolled out a system update to Drive item limits to preserve stability and optimize performance. While this impacted only a small number of people, we are rolling back this change as we explore alternate approaches to ensure a great experience for all.
— Google Drive (@googledrive) April 4, 2023
Upon logging in, several users discovered they had unexpectedly over the new limit by millions of files and were unable to upload new files unless they purged enough to do so. And it gets even worse…
Because Google didn’t actually make anything official with that, many individuals originally believed the restriction was a bug. Obviously, some of those users were companies that experienced system failure due to the abrupt file cap. Again, what a shame! Further restricting Drive would be problematic since Google offers storage limits for Drive that are measured in gigabytes and terabytes, and it charges users for that storage.
Also, for those regular accounts, the Google Workspace Business feature comes with a maximum storage capacity of 5TB. But do you know what the thing with that is? You can actually phone Google and request an infinite amount of storage. How cool is that?!
Google added in response to the tweet with the rollback announcement:
If we need to make adjustments, we will notify users in advance.
Well, Google, as you should! As you should!
Let’s take some advice for Google Workspace, for instance.
Drive is managed by the Google Workspace team, which has experience handling business software. Changes are frequently notified months in advance on the group’s extensive blog and support article systems. There is also a public calendar for Google Workspace product releases. Workspace corporate users can choose a slower, more deliberate release schedule. So, if you really want, I guess you can really do it!