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

If you're working from dwelling and need to interact with coworkers, Google Drive can be invaluable–if you know how to use it.

Remote workers who are new to Google Drive need to kickoff with the nuts, 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 tin be washed in a snap.

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Method ane: How to drag and driblet

In Effigy A, you'll run into an empty Google Drive folder, which shows the bulletin Drop Files Here Or Use The New Button. That's exactly what you need to do to upload a file to Google Drive.

Effigy A

Drag and drop files or click the New button to add together files to your Google Drive.

To upload using the "drag and drop" method, brand sure yous've browsed to the location of the file yous want to upload from your computer. In this case, I've created a test document that I've placed in a test binder on my desktop (Effigy B).

Figure B

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

Open the Google Drive folder you desire to upload the document to in your web browser, and then open up 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 certificate yous want to upload, elevate it to the Google Drive window (Figure C), and so release it.

Figure C

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

Information technology may accept a few seconds to upload the file, during which time a window in the bottom-correct corner of your Google Drive page volition bear witness the upload status. Once complete, yous'll meet the file listed in your Google Drive folder (Figure D), and you'll be ready to share it with others.

Figure D

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

Method 2: How to use the New button

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

With Google Bulldoze open up, like in Figure A, wait for the colorful plus sign adjacent to the word New on the left side of the screen. Click that push button, and you lot'll exist presented with a number of options (Effigy Due east).

Figure E

Clicking the New button gives you a driblet-downwardly menu of options.

In this case, we desire to upload a file, so click File Upload. If you have a whole folder full of documents to upload, y'all can exercise that as well–simply click the option correct beneath File Upload, and select the folder you want to copy to Google Drive.

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

Effigy F

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

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