>I see see space taken up in my drive account by pictures but I can't find them in my Google pictures, drive, hangouts, Picasa Web albums, nowhere. I ran into

>I see see space taken up in my drive account by pictures but I can't find them in my Google pictures, drive, hangouts, Picasa Web albums, nowhere. I ran into a similar issue with Google Drive/Gmail. Have you checked the trash? Things stay in the trash until you delete them (and some Google services are configured to keep things in the trash for up to 30 days for automated pruning). The 'quota' page may help you pinpoint where the space takers are hiding: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/quota https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/quota