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title: Understanding User Quota Usage in Google Workspace with GAT+
description: "## Understanding User Quota Usage in Google Workspace with GAT+ How to find a user's storage quota usage in Google Workspace using GAT+ GAT+ lets you quickly see how much storage space each user in your domain is consuming. Navigate…"
url: "https://gatlabs.com/knowledge/tech-tips/understanding-user-quota-usage-in-google-workspace-with-gat/"
updated: "2025-11-05"
category: "Users Audit & Management"
tags:
  - GAT+
---

# Understanding User Quota Usage in Google Workspace with GAT+

## Understanding User Quota Usage in Google Workspace with GAT+

How to find a user's storage quota usage in Google Workspace using GAT+

GAT+ lets you quickly see how much storage space each user in your domain is consuming.

Navigate to **GAT+ > Users > Quota.**

You will see each user of your domain and the **Quota available.**

- **Quota used** - overall quota used by the user
- **Quota used for Drive** - overall quota used by the user for Google Drive only
- **Quota used for Gmail** - overall quota used for Gmail only
- **Quota used for Photos** - overall quota used for Google Photos only (**not part of Google Drive**)

![The GAT+ interface showing user storage metrics. Navigate to GAT+ > Users > Quota. The display lists each domain user and their total storage consumption, broken down into specific usage categories: Quota used (overall total), Quota used for Drive, Quota used for Gmail, and Quota used for Photos (storage specifically consumed by each service](https://gatlabs.com/knowledge/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2025-11-04-19_29_58-.png)

### GAT+ and Google Drive comparison

Below is the comparison of **GAT records** vs. what the Admin can see in the Admin console for the specific user.

GAT returns account-specific metadata that reflects the storage capacity visible in the user's Google account:

![](https://gatlabs.com/knowledge/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2025-11-04-19_38_44-Greenshot.png)

The user's [Google Storage](https://support.google.com/drive/answer/6374270?hl=en):

![](https://gatlabs.com/knowledge/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2025-11-04-19_37_12-Local-Disk-K_-File-Explorer.png)

### Shared Drive size accessible by the user

To identify the size of the Shared Drive folders available to a particular user, navigate to **GAT+ (1) > Drive (2)**, and apply the filter **(3)** shown below:

- **Type: User/Group/OU Search (4)**
- **Local user's email/ Group's email (5)**
- **Ownership: Any (6)**
- Filter **Definitions (7)**:
  - **Flags - contains - Shared Drive**
  - **Flags - contains - Root folder**

When ready, click on **Apply (8)**.

![GAT+ Drive File Filters](https://gatlabs.com/knowledge/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/SD-size-1.png)

GAT returns the records (1) based on the filter applied. To activate the **Size** column (not displayed by default), navigate to the **Columns visibility** icon (2).

![](https://gatlabs.com/knowledge/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Column-visibility.png)

Once clicked, the new window with the **Columns selection** (1) opens and displays all available metadata that can be shown.

Enable the **Size** option (2) and Apply the change (3).

![GAT+ Drive Column Selection](https://gatlabs.com/knowledge/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Column-visibility-2.png)

[GAT+](https://gatlabs.com/knowledge/tech-tips/gat-overview/) returns an additional selection (Size (1)) for auditing purposes.

The metadata can be exported for further analysis (2).

![GAT+ Drive Auditing ](https://gatlabs.com/knowledge/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/GAT-records.png)

The result that is provided reflects the user's Shared Drive view:

![Result ](https://gatlabs.com/knowledge/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/SD-view.png)

### Conclusion

GAT+ serves as a powerful and granular auditing tool, providing Google Workspace Administrators with **complete visibility** over their domain's storage use.

You can instantly audit **individual user quota** across Drive, Gmail, and Photos by navigating to **GAT+ > Users > Quota**.

Furthermore, for a deeper look into shared resources, GAT+ is essential for accurately identifying the **total size of Shared Drives** a user can access by filtering the **GAT+ > Drive** section and enabling the **Size column**.

By combining these two audit areas, GAT+ equips administrators with all the necessary metadata for effective storage management, reporting, and capacity planning.

### Related post

- [How to Find the Space Used on Google Drive](https://gatlabs.com/knowledge/tech-tips/how-to-find-the-space-used-on-google-drive/)