If you've been using Google Drive for a while, you may find 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've 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 to Z,
or from Z to A,
or by when they were last modified.
This can be really helpful here looking for a while 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 you looking for.
To use a filter, click the small arrow to the right of the search box,
then use the drop-down menu select what you're looking for.
In this example I'm just looking for spreadsheets that I created.
if you have a lot of files on your
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.
Type a 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-click to 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 you can click and drag to select multiple files.
Another method is to press and hold the Ctrl key on your keyboard, or the Command key
if you're on a Mac computer, and then click the files you want to select.
You can also use this method to de-select a file that you didn't mean 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 in the upper-right.
When you do this file will be moved to the Trash. But for the fi,le to to be deleted permanently
you'll need to click the Trash, select the drop-down menu near the top,
and then select Empty Trash.
This will permanently delete any files or folders in the trash can,
which can free up space in your Google Drive.
OK, 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 here, you can preview the file, open it for editing, share it, or
even download aversion of the file to your computer.
Alright,
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.