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The Ultimate Tool for Google Drive Power Users

Chrome fans: append #quota to the drive.google.com URL and store it as a bookmarklet; a single tap refreshes the counter in real time.
Phone client: tap your avatar → ”Storage” → three-dot menu → ”View details”; the same hidden link waits at the bottom of the breakdown chart.
Workspace accounts: replace /drive/ with /drive/storage in the address bar–admins unlock an extra column showing shared-drive usage per member.

Once inside, arrange files by ”Last modified” descending and delete anything older than 24 months; this solo pane reclaims 8–12 GB on typical accounts without touching shared folders.

If the shot exceeds 25 MB, split it: open the original link, right-click → ”Download”, cancel, copy the temporary tokenized address that flashes in the browser bar for 60 s, and plug it for the /uc?id= string.

Verify the 10 GB Drop: Check the Post-Cleanup Storage Receipt
Open the quota page at drive.google.com/settings/storage and screenshot the bar prior to you delete anything. After the sweep, revisit the same URL; the bar updates within 30 seconds . A 10 GB drop shows as a 10 240 MB decrease on the left-side counter. If the delta is tinier , open the ”Storage used” breakdown: items deleted in the last day are listed with a red marker ; their sizes must total ≥ 10 GB . Still short? Check the Bin folder—deleted files remain billable until you hit ” Delete forever ”. Empty it, then refresh the quota page again; the counter should now drop the full 10 GB .

Next, create a date-driven overlay that grays out any past-due item. Insert =AND(E2<"Live") as a brand-new rule, apply charcoal fill #3B3B3B and bold white text. Place this rule at the head of the list; order rules because the first matching condition trumps. Items will morph to charcoal when the go-live date in column E is blown past, giving you an instant red-flag. API throttle: 5 000 objects per batch to honor the 10 000 daily API cap. Script sleeps automatically if 8 000 items are reached, continues next calendar day. Progress bar turns yellow at 80 % quota use; red at 95 %, dispatches email alert. Finish by activating an App-Script (provided inside the template) that fires a Slack ping 15 minutes before each scheduled Reel; the message includes the caption, raw file link, and suggested song ID scraped from Spotify’s live viral playlist. No auth needed, zero subscriptions–just a lightweight workbook that turns follower insights into daily posts faster than your coffee brews. Need a static index page? Run =IMAGE(”https://drive.google.com/thumbnail?id=”&A2&”&sz=w1920”) down column B in Google Sheets, populate column A with file IDs exported via drive.google.com/drive/u/0/search?q=parent:FOLDER_ID, then choose File → Publish to web → HTML. The auto-generated table renders clickable thumbnails that launch the high-res copy in a new tab, and the sheet refreshes within five minutes of any upstream change. Pre-run, the tool exports a .csv to ”/Backup/DeletionLog” with ID, route, bytes, hash. Rollback span: 25 days via the identical UI; click any row to restore to original location. After 25 days the trash copy is wiped for good. Ditch the Google UI: Inject the Link in Any HTML Page as a Clickable Gallery
Trade the viewer URL https://drive.google.com/file/d/FILE_ID/view with https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=FILE_ID to fetch a raw image address usable in any or tag.

Switch on Link-Sharing Sans Forcing Recipients to Authenticate
Tap-and-hold the directory → ”Get gdrive Direct link” → ”Open to public via link” → mark ”Reader” (not ”Modifier”) → ”Apply” → grab the URL. Guests access it in all browser–zero auth expected.

The trick works solely if you check three boxes: «≤32 px thumbnails», «0-byte fragments», «APK left-overs older than 90 days». Ignore any of them and the savings drops to 2–3 GB. The tool maintains a 14-day trash safety net; if an error pops, restore from inside the sidebar–no support ticket needed.

Force Raw Image Display by Tweaking the URL from /file/d/ to /uc?id=
Swap https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ab2Cd3Ef4Gh5Ij6Kl7Mn8Op9Qr0StUvW/view with https://drive.usercontent.google.com/uc?id=1Ab2Cd3Ef4Gh5Ij6Kl7Mn8Op9Qr0StUvW and stick &export=view to bypass the viewer and serve the binary.

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Bulk clause: .mov ≥ 300 MB reclaims on average 8.4 GB per 1 000 files. Wildcard clause: ”(1)” .pdf catches 92 % of duplicates within 15 s scan. Date filter: .zip and .psd use server-side createdTime, not your local clock, so locale-agnostic. Type rule: .dmg is permitted only inside the chosen folder, safeguarding disk images elsewhere.