I was an email hoarder until it got out of control. Here are 7 quick ways I cleaned up my inbox and freed up storage space.

The first step to cleaning up your Gmail inbox is to admit you're an email hoarder.

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• I ran out of Google storage space because my Gmail inbox was flooded with unread messages.
• To continue receiving new emails, I had to delete over 30,000 older ones.
• Filtering messages, unsubscribing from email lists, and mass-deleting convos quickly freed up space.

After I completely maxed out of Gmail storage space, I was forced to admit that I'm an email hoarder.