Amazon Will Shut Down Amazon Drive at the End of 2023
Amazon customers who use the company's file storage service Amazon Drive are currently being notified via email that Amazon will shut down the service at the end of 2023. A similar notice is displayed on the official Amazon Drive website.
What is Amazon Drive?
Amazon Drive is a secure online storage service for your photos, videos, and files.
Every Amazon customer receives 5 GB of free storage space shared with Amazon Photos. Save, organize, share, and access all your files on desktop, mobile, and tablet. If you need more storage capacity, Amazon Drive offers a selection of monthly and annual storage plans.
View all available storage plans and pricing from your Storage page .
In the Email :
Amazon is informing Drive customers that support for uploading new files will be disabled on January 31, 2023. Customers currently using Amazon Drive can continue to access files uploaded before that date, but the option to add new files or modify existing files will no longer be available after January 31, 2023.
Amazon Drive customers have until December 31, 2023 to access and download their files to their devices. After December 31, 2023, access to Amazon Drive will be cut off for all customers.
Amazon suggests that customers keep their photos and videos on Amazon Drive, as they can also be accessed through Amazon Photos. Unlike Drive, Photos remains an active Amazon service. Customers can access all photos and images uploaded on the Amazon Photos website or in the app.
Customers who delete media on Amazon Drive will no longer be able to access it on Amazon Photos, as both services access the same storage space for photos and videos.
Any files that are not media files will not be available after December 31, 2023. Customers are asked to export their files to their devices before the shutdown date to avoid losing access to their files.
Amazon suggests that Drive customers use the website to download content, but they recommend that customers use the Photos Desktop app to download and save files if downloading files through the web app is not possible due to size limitations.
The web app supports selecting multiple files and folders for download. All it takes is checking the folders and files on Amazon Drive and activating the download button to save them to the local system.
Here is the Drive shutdown timeline:
- October 31, 2022 – The Amazon Drive app was removed from Google Play and the App Store.
- January 31, 2023 – Uploads to Drive were disabled.
- December 31, 2023 – Access to Amazon Drive is no longer available.
The apps continue to work, but Amazon will no longer release app updates. Eventually, these apps will stop working; this may happen before the official shutdown date or even before that.
Amazon explains that it made the decision to shut down Amazon Drive “to focus its efforts more” on Amazon Photos. Customers can access the FAQ that Amazon published for further assistance.
Amazon Drive Alternatives
Regarding Amazon Drive alternatives, there are plenty of free and paid services available. Popular options include Microsoft OneDrive and Google Drive, both of which are free in their basic versions, but also services such as Dropbox and Proton Drive and many other services.
The question now is: are you still using Amazon Drive?
We look forward to your reply in a comment below this article, and until we meet again, we extend our warmest regards and appreciation to you.
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