Google Drive Eliminates The 5 Million File Creation Limit Following Protest

Google has reversed course and lifted the file creation limit that it discreetly introduced for Drive in recent weeks. The Google Drive account said on Twitter that it is rolling back a “system change to… item restrictions” that was done to “preserve stability and enhance efficiency.” According to the tech titan, it has only ever harmed a tiny percentage of users, but it is now looking at different techniques to assure steady service for everybody.

Since February, some Drive users have reported receiving a message indicating that their upload had failed and that they could not surpass a creation limit of 5 million objects. A Google official recently verified to a credible source that a 5 million file creation limit had been implemented to “avoid exploitation of [its] system in a way that would harm [its] reliability and safety.” While Google did not mention the cap in its latest release, it did detail the move it has decided to reverse.

Google was chastised not only for limiting the number of files a user may create, but also for failing to alert consumers about it. The creation restriction, after all, affected paying customers, including those on the top Google One tier, which is intended to allow up to 30TB of storage. For people who often create or upload smaller files, it was quite likely to surpass the file number cap before hitting the storage limit. Moreover, Drive lacks a counter that may alert users when they are approaching the 5 million file creation limit.

Bottom line, it wasn’t the best way to avoid Drive usage, and failing to inform users about it beforehand was possibly as terrible as the restriction itself. Google stated in its statement that if it decides to make changes to its cloud storage service in the future, it will notify consumers in advance.