Understanding your storage

Each group has a storage allowance set by its plan, from 10 GB on Free up to 2 TB. Here’s exactly what fills it and what happens as you get close.

What counts

Storage is the total size of the original photos and videos in your group, kept at full quality. A gigabyte here is 1,000 megabytes.

Items in your group’s trash still count until they’re permanently removed, because they can still be restored. Emptying the trash, or letting its 30-day window lapse, frees that space. See delete photos and restore from trash.

On a free group

• You’ll get a heads-up as you approach the 10 GB limit.
• Once the group reaches 10 GB, new uploads are paused until you free up space or upgrade. Everything already there stays viewable and downloadable.
• If the group stays over the limit for 30 days after a plan downgrade to free, it’s suspended: it becomes download-only until you free up space or upgrade. Your photos are never deleted just for going over. An organization has another 30 days in suspension before deletion.

On a paid plan

• You’ll be told as the group passes 80% and 90% of its limit, and again at 95% and 100%. The owner always hears about it; admins are told from 95%.
• Once the group reaches the limit of its plan, new uploads are paused, exactly as they are on a free group. There is no overage charge, so a full group never turns into a larger bill than the one you picked.
• Viewing, downloading, sharing, and deleting all keep working, and restoring something from the trash is always allowed even when you’re over.
• A paid group is never suspended for being over its storage limit. Free up space or move to a larger size whenever you’re ready. See manage your subscription.

Freeing up space

The fastest ways to reduce usage are to empty the trash and to remove large collections or videos you no longer need to keep in Fika. A collection’s Review Duplicates tool can also surface exact copies of the same file so you can move the extras to trash; see find and remove duplicate photos. Remember you can always download anything first, since your files are never locked in.