Alumni Google Storage Migration FAQ

After a decade of free Google services, the parent company Alphabet has announced fees for all higher education institutions’ data storage for Google customers. BU’s storage is significantly over the maximum allowed in our contract, and we must mitigate this or face substantial financial penalties. With these changes, Boston University can no longer provide alumni with storage on BU Google Drive after June 1, 2024.

Your BU Gmail account access will remain unaffected, and you will maintain your BU Google Email, Calendar, and Contacts.

By June 1, 2024, you will need to remove all files from your BU-provided Google Drive, Google Shared Drive and Google Photos.

Frequently Asked Questions

Additional support and help pages are available for you at BU IS&T Google Storage FAQs.