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You can upload, open, share, and edit files with Google Drive. When you upload a file to Google Drive, it will take up space in your Drive, even if you upload to a folder owned by someone else.
Types of files
- Documents
- Images
- Audio
- Video
Upload files & folders
On your computer, you can upload from drive.google.com or your desktop. You can upload files into private or shared folders.
- On your computer, go to drive.google.com.
- At the top left, click New
File Upload or Folder Upload.
- Choose the file or folder you want to upload.
File Upload or Folder Upload.Drag files into Google Drive
- On your computer, go to drive.google.com.
- Open or create a folder.
- To upload files and folders, drag them into the Google Drive folder.
Use Drive for desktop
- Install the application on your computer.
- On your computer, you'll find a folder called "Google Drive."
- Drag files or folders into that folder. They will upload to Drive and you will find them on drive.google.com.
Save from Print view
Important: Make sure to install the Save to Google Drive Extension.
- On your computer, open Chrome.
- Open the page, image, or file you want to print.
- At the top, click File
- In the window, select Save to Drive.
- You can also click See more
- You can also click See more
- Click Print.
Convert documents into Google formats
If you want to upload files like Microsoft Word documents, you can change a setting to convert files.
Important: You can only change Google Drive settings from your computer.
- Using a computer, go to drive.google.com/drive/settings.
- Next to "Convert uploads to Google Docs editor format," check the box.
Upload files with the same name
If you upload a file with the same name, Google Drive will upload the file as a revision of the file already in Google Drive.
To keep both files:
- On your computer, go to drive.google.com.
- Upload a file.
- Click Keep both files.
