# Personal and Team Assets, and storage limits

> Understand Personal and Team Asset workspaces in Nodespell, copy Assets between them, check your storage allowance, and free space when you hit the limit.

Source: https://docs.nodespell.com/assets/workspaces-and-storage/ · Last updated: 2026-11-10

An Asset workspace in Nodespell is a separate Asset library with its own folders, tags, saved views, Trash and storage. Your **Personal** workspace is private to you. Each Team you belong to has one shared **Team** workspace for its members. Every Asset belongs to exactly one workspace, and its file counts toward that workspace's storage allowance.

## Personal vs Team Assets

|                                            | Personal                   | Team                                            |
| ------------------------------------------ | -------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
| Who sees the Assets                        | Only you                   | Members of that Team                            |
| Folders, tags, Trash                       | Your own                   | Shared by the Team                              |
| Saved views                                | Private                    | Private by default; can be shared with the Team |
| Who can replace, trash or restore an Asset | You                        | The uploader or the Team owner                  |
| Storage                                    | Counts toward your storage | Counts toward the Team's storage                |

The Asset details show **Owner**, **Uploaded by** and **Storage charged to**, so you can see which workspace pays for each file.

## Switch Asset workspace

Use the workspace selector at the top of the Asset Manager sidebar. It lists **Personal** and, under **Teams**, each Team you can access. When you open the Asset Manager from a Project, it selects that Project's workspace when it can.

If you lose access to a Team while the panel is open, the Asset Manager returns to Personal and says **Team access changed. Asset Manager returned to Personal.**

## Where do uploads and generated results go?

- Uploads go to the workspace and folder shown in the upload dialog. The dialog shows the workspace and **Storage charged to** before you upload.
- Generated results go to the workspace of the Project that made them. A Team Project's results are Team Assets.

## Copy Assets between Personal and a Team

**Move to folder…** only reorganizes Assets inside one workspace and never changes ownership. To put an Asset in another workspace, copy it.

1. Select the Assets in the Asset Manager.
2. Select **Copy to Team** (from Personal) or **Save personal copy** (from a Team) in the toolbar.
3. Choose the **Destination** and select **Preview copy**. The preview counts **Ready**, **Duplicates**, **Cannot copy** and **Storage required**.
4. Select **Copy Assets**. The summary reports how many were created, reused and failed.

Copies are new, separate Assets. Projects that already use the source Assets keep pointing to the originals. Files that already exist in the destination are reused rather than copied again. A copy needs free storage in the destination; otherwise you see **The destination does not have enough storage for this copy.**

## How much storage do I have?

Each plan includes a storage allowance for its workspace:

| Plan          | Storage |
| ------------- | ------- |
| Starter       | 10 GB   |
| Pro           | 25 GB   |
| Pro Plus      | 25 GB   |
| Studio (Team) | 50 GB   |

Your account can differ from this table, for example after a plan change or a custom arrangement. To see your actual usage and limit, open **Account Settings** → **Subscription** → **Plan usage**. The **Storage** row shows what you use and your allowance, with a status of **Healthy**, **Approaching limit** or **Limit reached**. For plan details, see [Plans and credits](https://docs.nodespell.com/account/plans-and-credits/).

## What counts toward storage?

- Every uploaded and generated Asset in the workspace, at its stored file size.
- Assets in Trash, until they are permanently removed after the 30-day recovery period.
- Re-uploading a file that already exists in the workspace does not add storage; the upload is **Reused**.

## What does "Storage limit reached" mean?

The workspace does not have enough free space for the files you are adding. Nodespell checks before an upload, a copy, or a generation that saves new files.

| Where you see it                | Message                                                                                                                  |
| ------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Upload dialog, before uploading | **Selected files may exceed available storage (… left). Existing duplicate assets may still be reused.**                 |
| Upload refused                  | **Storage limit reached. Delete assets or contact Nodespell to add more storage.**                                       |
| Run blocked                     | **Storage limit reached**: **Your workspace does not have enough storage for this action.** with **You're using … of …** |

Existing Assets and Projects stay available. Only new files are blocked until you have room.

## Free up storage

1. Find large files: sort by **File Type** or filter by type, and check **File Size** in the Inspector.
2. Move Assets you do not need to Trash. Space is released when they are permanently removed after their **Recoverable until** date, not at the moment you trash them.
3. If you need space sooner or permanently, change plan, or contact Nodespell from the upload dialog's storage notice to add storage.

## Frequently asked questions

### Can I move an Asset from Personal to a Team without copying?

No. Workspaces keep ownership separate. Copy the Asset with **Copy to Team**, then trash the Personal original if you no longer need it.

### Do Team Assets use my personal storage?

No. Team Assets count toward the Team's storage. Check **Storage charged to** in the Asset details.

### Why didn't trashing Assets free space right away?

Trashed Assets stay recoverable for 30 days and still count toward storage until Nodespell permanently removes them.

### Can I copy Assets from one Team to another Team?

Not directly. From a Team workspace, the copy destination is your Personal workspace.

## Related

- [Asset Manager](https://docs.nodespell.com/assets/asset-manager/): the workspace selector and Inspector
- [Preview, download and Trash](https://docs.nodespell.com/assets/preview-download-and-trash/): Trash and restore
- [Upload and organize Assets](https://docs.nodespell.com/assets/upload-and-organize/): uploads and duplicates
- [Teams](https://docs.nodespell.com/teams/): what a Team is and switching workspace
- [Plans and credits](https://docs.nodespell.com/account/plans-and-credits/): plan allowances