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title: "How much storage you have, and what counts toward it"
description: "See how much storage your plan includes, what uses it (originals, saved versions, downloads), how trash counts, and what to do when it's full."
url: https://help.pdfbetter.com/account-billing/storage-limits/
collection: "Account & billing"
section: "Plans & pricing"
updated: 2026-10-18
publisher: "PDFBetter (AI Generated Inc.)"
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# How much storage you have, and what counts toward it

> Free includes 1 GB, Pro 50 GB and Business 200 GB per seat. See what you've used in **Settings → Plan & usage → Storage**. When it's full, new files can't be added until you delete documents, empty the trash or upgrade.

Do it in PDFBetter: https://pdfbetter.com/app/settings/billing/

Storage is the space your stored files take up. Unlike monthly allowances it doesn't reset: it goes down when you delete documents for good. Each person has their own allowance; on Business it's per seat, so every member gets the full 200 GB for the documents they own.

| Plan | Storage |
| --- | --- |
| Without an account | 0.25 GB |
| Free | 1 GB |
| Pro | 50 GB |
| Business | 200 GB per seat |

## What counts

- **Originals** of the documents you own: the PDF, Word, Excel or image file you uploaded or created.
- **New versions** saved by operations that rewrite the file: applying redactions, OCR and scan restoration.
- **Saved downloads and copies**: each downloaded, shared or filled copy is kept with its document until the document is deleted for good.
- **Images, signatures and logos** you uploaded.

Each file counts once, even when several versions share it. Files that don't count: temporary uploads to tools (they expire), tool results you didn't save as a document, signing evidence, and documents someone else owns and shared with you.

## See what you've used

1. **Open Plan & usage**: Go to [Settings → Plan & usage](https://pdfbetter.com/app/settings/billing/). The **Storage** section shows a meter such as “1.2 GB of 1 GB”.
2. **Watch for the warning**: When you pass 90%, the dashboard shows a notice with links to the trash and to your plan.

## Free up space

1. **Delete documents you don't need**: Move them to the trash from **My documents**. Deleting removes the original and every saved version and download with it.
2. **Empty the trash**: Trashed documents keep using storage until they're erased. Open [Trash](https://pdfbetter.com/app/trash/) and choose **Empty trash**, or wait: trashed documents are erased automatically 30 days after you delete them.
3. **Or upgrade**: Pro and Business include more storage. [Compare plans](https://help.pdfbetter.com/account-billing/compare-plans/).

> **What happens when it's full:** Uploads, new and duplicated documents, and operations that save a new version (redaction, OCR) are refused with a message that says how much space you have and what to do. Everything already stored stays: you can still open, edit, sign, share and download your documents. Without an account, PDFBetter asks you to create a free account instead.

### I'm editing a document someone shared with me and it says the owner's storage is full.

The document grows in its owner's storage, not yours. Ask them to free up space or upgrade; your own allowance doesn't help here.

### I downgraded and now I'm over the limit. Did I lose anything?

No. Nothing is deleted. You just can't add new files until you're back under your plan's allowance.

### Does storage reset every month?

No. Monthly allowances like downloads reset; storage only goes down when files are deleted for good.

## Related articles

- [Compare the Free, Pro and Business plans](https://help.pdfbetter.com/account-billing/compare-plans.md): Free costs nothing and has no end date. Pro is $15 a month for one person, with unlimited downloads and signature requests. Business is $24 per seat a month and adds teams, branding, bulk send, the API and the largest spreadsheet-fill allowance.
- [Delete documents, and restore them from the trash](https://help.pdfbetter.com/privacy-security/delete-documents-and-trash.md): Select documents and choose Move to trash. They stay in Trash for 30 days, where you can Restore them, then they're erased with their files. Use Delete forever or Empty trash to erase them now.
- [How long PDFBetter keeps your files](https://help.pdfbetter.com/privacy-security/how-long-files-are-kept.md): Guest drafts are deleted 1 hour after they're created. Files uploaded only to run a tool are deleted after 24 hours. Documents in your account stay until you delete them, then they're erased 30 days later.
- [Upgrade, downgrade or switch to yearly billing](https://help.pdfbetter.com/account-billing/change-plan.md): Open Settings → Plan & usage and click Change plan. Pick Pro or Business, monthly or yearly, and PDFBetter shows exactly what changes and what you pay before you confirm.
- [What happens when you reach a monthly limit](https://help.pdfbetter.com/account-billing/monthly-limits-and-credit-packs.md): When you use up a monthly allowance, PDFBetter stops before the task and offers to wait for the reset, buy a Day Pass or upgrade. For AI credits and fax pages you can also buy a pack that never expires.

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Source: https://help.pdfbetter.com/account-billing/storage-limits/ · PDFBetter Help Center · Last checked against the product 2026-10-18. Questions: support@pdfbetter.com