Direct space consumption 1 Direct space consumption

: If you have 100 GB of files synced to your online Google Drive and you choose to make them all available offline, these 100 GB will also occupy 100 GB on your local hard drive (plus cache and metadata). 2 Buying space online does not free up local space: Buying 2 TB of space on Google Drive online allows you to store more files in the cloud. However, this does not free up space on your local hard drive. On the contrary, if you start syncing these new files to your computer, it will increase the space consumption on your hard drive. 3 The solution for local space consumption: "Files on Demand" (or "Stream files") Google Drive for desktop offers a crucial feature for managing this local space consumption: "Files on Demand" (sometimes called "Stream files" or "Stream files" depending on the version).