if you've been using Google Drive for a
while you may find that you have a lot
of different files and that can make it
hard to find what you're looking for
fortunately Drive has a lot of features
built in to help you find the files you
need and keep your files organized for
example if you're looking for a
particular file you can use the search
bar at the top just click the bar type
what you're looking for and press Enter
if you think you found the file you need
but you're not quite sure you can use
the preview option to just give it a
quick glance without actually opening it
to do this select the file then click
the preview button near the upper right
from here you can choose to open the
file for editing
or close it to get back to your drive
sorting is another useful feature for
example you can sort your files
alphabetically from a-z
or from Z to a or from when they are
last modified this can be really helpful
if you're looking for a file you edited
last week or last year
filters are similar to the search option
but they're a little more broad and can
help to narrow down your files if you're
not quite sure what you're looking for
to use a filter click the small arrow in
the right of the search box then use the
drop down menus to select what you're
looking for in this example I'm just
looking for spreadsheets that I created
and there we go
if you have a lot of dip
things on your Google Drive folders are
probably the best way to keep related
files together
to create a new folder select the new
button then click folder
name for your new folder
then press Enter or click the Create
button
your new folder will be created to add a
file to a folder simply click and drag
you can then double quick
open a folder and here's the file that
we added let's go back to our drive and
try adding multiple files to a folder at
once
there are a few different ways to do
this for example you can click and drag
to select multiple files
another method is to press and hold the
ctrl key on your keyboard or command key
if you're on a Mac computer then click
the files you want to select you can
also use this method to deselect a file
that you didn't need to choose
now if there's a file you no longer need
on your drive you can delete it to
delete a file simply select it then
click the remove button near the upper
right now when you do this the file will
be moved to your trash to delete a file
permanently you'll need to click trash
on the left click the drop down menu
near the top and then choose empty trash
this will permanently delete any files
or folders in the trash can which can
free up space in your Google Drive
okay there's just one more thing we want
to show you if you want to see all of
the options you have for a file you can
right click it from your Drive here you
can see you can now preview the file
open it for editing share it or even
download a version of the file to your
computer
are a those are the basics and we hope
these tips will help to keep your drive
organized and make it easy to find files
you need