I've installed the Google Drive app on my iPad and have noticed that it's taking up ~5GB of the iPads storage. I thought that any files stored in Google Drive were stored in the Cloud. Does anyone know why does Google Drive takes up this storage?
Thanks.
Thank you. Is there any way to stop Google Drive from mirroring the files locally. I notice also that not all files in GD are mirrored as there is nearly 100GB stored in the GD cloud.
No, that is part of its design, part of nearly every other service as well (iCloud etc)
If you could disable the local storage you would have to use a web browser to upload and download files, that is a PITA
The fact that not all files are there is just an error and should not be happening (unless you manually uploaded some to the drive)
I will caution you to rethink this, non synchronous storage is a fast way to data loss.
Because it offers synchronous storage, and you have made the choice to use it in that manner.
I'm experiencing the same issue on my iPad, where Google Drive is consuming a considerable amount of storage, despite me not having any files available offline.
This problem is likely due to an issue with the GD application itself, in terms of code instead of storage.
All files are stored only on the cloud (unless saved offline) for mobile devices, and synchronized on PCs and Macs (not on Linux yet, which *****) by default, unless the user customizes the directories/folders that will be synchronized (to conserve valuable storage on your MacBook's drive).
On mobile applications, only an index of the cloud drive's (iCloud, Google Drive, Dropbox, Box.com, etc.) content is being presented. And when a file is selected to be openend, it is then downloaded temporarily to the device's local storage.
The question remains, if no files have been made available offline in the Google Drive app, then why is the index taking suck a large chunk of storage?
Although this question is best suited for the Google Drive's support team, any answered posted here will most certainly be welcomed by me.
They are stored in the cloud but they are mirrored locally, so they take up space locally. You can use Dropbox instead but DO NOT create a local folder to sync to.
Google Drive taking up iPad storage
