When a computer has several user accounts, one user may store much more data on the PC than another. It is even possible for someone to claim so much space that there is little or nothing left for the other accounts. Enabling Disk Quotas allows you to allocate disk space.
The Disk Quota feature works in Windows 10 and in Windows 11 in exactly the same way. Values ​​are not fixed forever. The administrator can always allocate additional space to someone if another user does not use that space in their quota. Before you start, create a restore point just to be safe.
First you have to disk quota enable for the NTFS formatted drive. Open Windows Explorer and click on the menu on the left This PC. Right-click on the NTFS drive you want to set a limit for and choose . from the shortcut menu Properties.
Quota Settings
In the Properties open the tab Quota and then click View quota settings. This sets the default limit for the new users of this volume. In this window you activate two options: Enable quota management and Deny disk space to users above quota limit.
Then activate the option Maximum disk spaceso that you Maximum disk space you can type a certain limit value. Below that you set the warning level. When the user reaches this level, he will see a warning.
Adjust disk quota
Now if you press the button Quota statement click, you will read how much disk space a user has consumed from the allocated limit. If you don’t find an account in the columns at this stage Name or Login Name, then you have to add it manually. Use the menu Quota / New Quota Entry. In the next window click on Advanced. Use the button Search now and double click on the account you want to include in the storage limitation. That way you select a user.
click on OK to continue and after that you can Maximum disk space and the Alert Level Set up. If you later want to change a disk quota for a user, you have to go to the window again Quota entries for C to go. There, right-click on the account you want to change and then open the Properties. You can then adjust the quota and alert level.
