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Thats right! Once again, big G ended the war. Free unlimited storage space for all! They call it "Infiniti + 1". They have a counter that shows your storage space increasing by the second! Way cool. Those folks are so creative.

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Quick historical note and practical follow-up for anyone who finds this thread years later: the “Infinity + 1” messaging you’re seeing here was part joke and part real feature push. Gmail launched as an invite‑only service on April 1, 2004 with a then‑huge 1 GB of mail storage, and on its first anniversary Google officially doubled the base allotment to 2 GB and put a tongue‑in‑cheek “Infinity+1” counter on the login page as a promise to keep increasing space over time. (en.wikipedia.org)

Why people saw different numbers (and why it looked like “unlimited”): the number on the login page was a live, date/time‑driven counter embedded in the page — not a fixed per‑account “infinite” quota — so two users loading the page at different times could see different MB values. That explains the mixed readings reported by members here. The counter was promotional and playful; Google’s stated intent at the time was to keep giving users more storage as they could. (en.wikinews.org)

Practical, modern advice (still useful now): Gmail’s storage model later evolved into a unified pool shared across Gmail, Drive and Photos (the free tier moved to 15 GB), and paid expansion is available via Google One. If inbox size is the concern, use Gmail’s official search operators to find and remove large attachments or old threads quickly. Examples: 

has:attachment larger:10M older_than:1y
from:boss@example.com has:attachment larger:5M
filename:pdf larger:2M

Export important mail with Google Takeout before mass deletes, or buy extra storage if needed. For the official operator list and exact syntax see Google’s help page. (gmail.googleblog.com)

Notes tied to this thread: ’s April‑Fools callout, /’s anniversary observation, and the different numeric readings reported by and are consistent with the counter behavior above. ’s later post about third‑party providers is an independent development and not the same as Gmail’s on‑site counter.

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Member Avatar for Dani

Whoa. I just heard a little while ago that they now upped it from 1 gig to 2 gigs. They're at infinite gigs now. How silly!

Member Avatar for nanosani

infact the space is 1657 mb.

Member Avatar for jewboy

Whooops, it looks like I got fooled by their April fools joke :-D. Anyone remember the "Pigeon Rank" joke last year?

Member Avatar for Ted S

1gig of space vs unlimited... even if every email you get is 100k you'd have to save a whole lot of spam to fill up that inbox.

Member Avatar for Scribbller

The minute I saw that bar chart on gmail login page I knew this was an April fools joke, they played one last year so I am not surprised to see one here.

Member Avatar for belama

There was another april fools joke by google. [thread]21270[/thread]

Member Avatar for Antonbomb22

this isnt an april fools, my space is no 2050 MB. google is doing this because the likely hood of everyone using that much space all at the same time is near to impossible. im only using 4MB which is less than 1%

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I also have 2050 mbs in my gmail inbox now :D

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