# Helpful How-Tos

**Source**: https://bconnected.berkeley.edu/projects/google-cost-reduction-project/helpful-how-tos
**Parent**: https://bconnected.berkeley.edu/alternative-storage-options

## Saving Content Scheduled for Deletion

We have created a set of [video tutorials](https://bconnected.berkeley.edu/projects/google-cost-reduction-project/google-drive-how-tos-and-support) to help you with this process. Please watch all the videos before you get started.

## Reduce your content quickly

The top 5 things you can do right now to reduce your Google account storage:

[Quick Tips For Reducing Your Google Storage](https://docs.google.com/document/d/106DPx-Q2O-Qy4nuJdXeAQ2229wE2MTYBd0h-iUdRpHU/edit?usp=sharing)

[Quickly Clean Out Your Gmail](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ojj1UE1B8s-SCom-0gvMwXy29r0PQzH6t4VvYB9Um30/edit?usp=sharing)

[Transfer Photos to personal Google account](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1roZ8OVfWs7HwtqVktrpEqx2ljgXfJOxRmVmQmom_KSw/edit?usp=sharing)

## Migrate your content with ease

Get help migrating your content from one service to another. More help documents will be added:

[Moving content from My Drive to a Shared Drive](https://bconnected.berkeley.edu/moving-content-shared-drive)

## Best strategies for collaboration

Collaborating on a departmental team or project? Consider working with your group to design an organizational strategy that works!

Check out the resources and guides available at [Organize My Content](https://bconnected.berkeley.edu/content-organization).

## Steps to create and manage Google Shared Drives

**We have a set of [Video Tutorials](https://bconnected.berkeley.edu/projects/google-cost-reduction-project/google-drive-how-tos-and-support) about Shared Drives and how to move your content into them. These will cover everything you need to know. It should take about 30 minutes to watch all of them.**

Info: [Find your Shared Drive Usage](https://bconnected.berkeley.edu/find-your-shared-drive-storage-usage)

Info: [My Drive vs. Shared drives vs. Shared with me](https://bconnected.berkeley.edu/my-drive-vs-shared-drives-vs-shared-me)

How-to: [Create a Shared Drive and manage Members](https://bconnected.berkeley.edu/create-shared-drive-and-manage-members)

How-to: [Moving content into a Shared drive](https://bconnected.berkeley.edu/moving-content-shared-drive)

How-to: [Transfer Ownership of Files/Folders in Google Drive](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VnDPse_t8JgyLsmk1s4bMnXb-sJQC81720x1vzLGrEg/edit?usp=sharing)

## Use Box to collaborate like Google

You can not only use native Google docs and Microsoft docs in Box, but collaboration is easy and allows for seven levels of sharing permissions. Learn more about making the switch:

[Switching from Google to Box](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kd4nuH9iLXa9bGbx2qJtdNM0TRlPS3YB_P4X2cDAyCQ/edit?usp=sharing)