How to access to Creative Cloud storage

[xavierm76808055]

  Hi,

I've started with Lightroom CC and CC, but my storage got full very quickly. I have the alert, but I can't access to the online storage to empty it. Online,it's written that I haven't any file on it. ...

[kglad]

[ moved from Adobe Creative Cloud to File Hosting, Syncing, and Collaboration]

[David__B]

Hi Xavier,

Lightroom online storage use counts against your overall cloud storage qouta but there isn't a breakdown of how the storage is being used.

If you sign in with your Adobe ID here: https://lightroom.adobe.com/  you can see files you've uploaded to Lightroom.

If you sign in with your Adobe ID here: Adobe Creative Cloud  you can see files you've uploaded via file sync, libraries, or mobile apps. I'd also recommend checking here in relation to this part of the storage. Deleted files go there to an "online recycle bin" which also take up space and is often overlooked.

Finally, if you use Acrobat and have uploaded files they go here Adobe Document Cloud  which also counts against your storage.

Please check these and let me know if you're still facing difficulties.

Best,

- Dave

[Shelley98A1]

Why on earth is adobe storage so complicated!? Can't they just simplify things to one central cloud storage across all adobe applications? 

[kglad]

you can make suggestions to adobe here:

for applicable apps, use https://helpx.adobe.com/ie/x-productkb/global/how-to-user-voice.html

for others, use https://www.adobe.com/products/wishform.html

[Abambo]

It's confusing. I suppose this is because Adobe is a gigantic company and some products get developed independently. And then, at some stage, someone needs to integrate all those islands into one product, without breaking the existing.

[Jessica33426253xmyr]

When I go to that first link, it only shows me the photos I've edited and I had deleted the ones I didn't need. If I delete those with that link, will they still be in my lightroom app? I'm just starting out as a photographer and don't have a ton of money to spend. I could honestly go without the storage cloud. Is there a way to do that?

[kglad]

save your files locally.

[Nancy OShea · Accepted solution]

I'm just starting out as a photographer and don't have a ton of money to spend. I could honestly go without the storage cloud. Is there a way to do that?

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