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Grand Suite, Google's cloud-based part software platform, has made remote collaboration simpler than e'er. Sharing and creating documents can exist washed in a snap, and locally stored files can be uploaded and shared via Google drive besides.

If you're working from home and need to interact with coworkers, Google Drive tin can exist invaluable–if you know how to apply it.

Remote workers who are new to Google Drive demand to start with the basics, similar how to upload a file. There are two ways to upload documents, photos, videos, and other types of images to Google Drive, and both can be washed in a snap.

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Method ane: How to drag and drop

In Figure A, y'all'll see an empty Google Drive folder, which shows the bulletin Drop Files Here Or Apply The New Button. That's exactly what you need to do to upload a file to Google Drive.

Figure A

Drag and driblet files or click the New push button to add files to your Google Drive.

To upload using the "elevate and drib" method, brand sure you lot've browsed to the location of the file you want to upload from your calculator. In this case, I've created a exam document that I've placed in a test folder on my desktop (Effigy B).

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Scan to a file to "drag and drop" it into your Google Drive.

Open the Google Drive folder you lot want to upload the document to in your web browser, and and so open the folder where the document yous want to upload is located, using the Finder in macOS or the Explorer in Windows.

Click and agree on the certificate you want to upload, drag it to the Google Drive window (Effigy C), and so release it.

Figure C

Select a file and drag and drop information technology into your Google Bulldoze.

It may accept a few seconds to upload the file, during which fourth dimension a window in the bottom-correct corner of your Google Bulldoze page will evidence the upload status. Once complete, yous'll see the file listed in your Google Drive folder (Figure D), and you'll be ready to share it with others.

Figure D

After the file is loaded, you will encounter it listed in your Google Drive.

Method 2: How to use the New button

If you prefer to browse to the file you desire to upload instead of dragging and dropping, that's possible as well.

With Google Bulldoze open up, like in Figure A, await for the colorful plus sign next to the give-and-take New on the left side of the screen. Click that button, and you'll exist presented with a number of options (Figure Due east).

Figure E

Clicking the New button gives you a drop-down card of options.

In this example, nosotros want to upload a file, so click File Upload. If you have a whole folder full of documents to upload, yous can do that as well–just click the choice right beneath File Upload, and select the folder you want to copy to Google Drive.

When you click File Upload, a Finder/Explorer window volition open. Navigate to the document you want to upload, and click Open up (Figure F).

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Select the file, and click Open to load it to your Google Bulldoze.

After clicking Open up, the upload process continues as it did with the drag-and-drop method. One time Google Drive finishes the upload, yous'll be able to share the document with whoever needs information technology.