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K Suite, Google's deject-based part software platform, has made remote collaboration simpler than ever. Sharing and creating documents can be done in a snap, and locally stored files can be uploaded and shared via Google drive as well.

If you're working from habitation and need to collaborate with coworkers, Google Drive can be invaluable–if you know how to apply information technology.

Remote workers who are new to Google Drive need to start with the basics, like how to upload a file. There are ii ways to upload documents, photos, videos, and other types of images to Google Drive, and both tin can be done in a snap.

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Method one: How to drag and drop

In Effigy A, y'all'll see an empty Google Drive folder, which shows the message Drop Files Here Or Utilise The New Button. That's exactly what you demand to do to upload a file to Google Bulldoze.

Figure A

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

To upload using the "drag and drop" method, make certain you've browsed to the location of the file you desire to upload from your figurer. In this case, I've created a test document that I've placed in a test folder on my desktop (Figure B).

Figure B

Browse to a file to "drag and drib" it into your Google Drive.

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

Click and hold on the document you desire to upload, drag it to the Google Drive window (Figure C), and so release it.

Effigy C

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

It may have a few seconds to upload the file, during which time a window in the bottom-correct corner of your Google Drive page will show the upload status. Once complete, you'll come across 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, yous will see it listed in your Google Drive.

Method two: How to use the New push button

If you prefer to scan to the file you want to upload instead of dragging and dropping, that'due south possible as well.

With Google Drive open up, similar in Figure A, expect for the colorful plus sign next to the word New on the left side of the screen. Click that push, and you'll be presented with a number of options (Figure E).

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Clicking the New button gives you a drib-down menu of options.

In this case, we want to upload a file, so click File Upload. If you accept a whole folder full of documents to upload, you can practice that likewise–merely click the selection right beneath File Upload, and select the binder you want to re-create to Google Drive.

When y'all click File Upload, a Finder/Explorer window will open. Navigate to the certificate you desire to upload, and click Open (Figure F).

Figure F

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

After clicking Open, the upload process continues equally it did with the drag-and-drop method. One time Google Bulldoze finishes the upload, you'll be able to share the certificate with whoever needs it.