File Storage Management

I'm just checking to see if you found any updated details on Storage Mgmt?

1. Status: Currently, there is no way to tell how much space we're using, but you have let the team know this is something we wish to see.
   
   
2. Q: Are the files compressed before size is measured?  Or if we compress the files before adding them, will it give us more time before we run into the limit?
   
   
3. Q: Is the limit based on the size of the encrypted blob stored on your server?
   
   
4. Q: If we run into the limit, what happens?  Are we prevented from updating and/or storing more Items in our Vault? 
   
   
5. Q: What can we do once we run into the limit?  i.e. how do we free up space?  e.g. do we need to somehow locate an Item that takes up a lot of space (possibly from lots of History), copy the details, delete the Item, then create a new Item with the copied details?  (Or is there a way to purchase more space?)
   
   
6. Q: Can you confirm that each History entry does not contain a unique copy of attached Files?  For example, if an Item has three files, and I edit some non-file text multiple times, I would expect that each History entry would simply reference the same three files.  It would only be when I update one of the three files that I would now have a forth file in my Vault; i.e. the original three, plus the new update.
   
   
7. Q: I assume the system isn't efficient enough to simply store delta changes for file updates?  For example, if I change two lines of text in a 20MB PDF file, I will then have two 20MB PDF files in the Vault (and not a single 20MB PDF, plus a delta).
   
   
8. Q: I assume space is counted against all users of a share vault?

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Hmm, the limit is 1GB, but we can put in a 2GB file. How does that work? :-D

So there's a limit, but we have no way of telling how close we are to the limit. Do we simply see a dialog someday when we go to add another file?

I assume the 1GB limit just applies to the added files and it does not include the space taken by all Items (i.e. Logins, Secure Notes, etc). Is that correct?

Regarding files that appears in History, are they counted against the 1GB limit? If so, how do I remove them (so that I recover the space)? (If they are not counted against the limit, then it would seem that we could store endless files in History.) ;-D

Are the files first compressed, and then the compressed size counted against the 1GB limit?

-Robert

Hello robert1p! 👋

Thanks for reaching out! 1Password Families includes 1 GB of storage per person and files can be up to 2 GB in size. You can find documentation here: Save important files in 1Password Support

There isn't currently a way to check the amount of storage used, I'll let the team know that this is something that you'd like to see.

Could you also address Item History. e.g. if I delete or update files, I still see a reference in the History.

Can you tell me a little more about this? If you delete a file from an item then it's expected that you'll still see the file in the item's history so that you can restore a previous version in case you accidentally deleted the file by mistake.

-Dave