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

If yous're working from home and demand to interact with coworkers, Google Drive can exist invaluable–if you know how to use information technology.

Remote workers who are new to Google Drive need to first with the nuts, similar how to upload a file. There are two means 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 one: How to drag and driblet

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

Figure A

Elevate and driblet files or click the New button to add together files to your Google Drive.

To upload using the "drag and drib" method, brand sure yous've browsed to the location of the file you desire to upload from your estimator. In this example, I've created a exam certificate that I've placed in a examination folder on my desktop (Figure B).

Figure B

Browse to a file to "elevate and drib" it into your Google Bulldoze.

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

Click and hold on the certificate you want to upload, drag it to the Google Bulldoze window (Figure C), then release it.

Effigy C

Select a file and drag and drop it into your Google Drive.

It may accept a few seconds to upload the file, during which time a window in the lesser-right corner of your Google Drive folio will show the upload status. Once complete, you'll meet the file listed in your Google Drive folder (Figure D), and you lot'll be ready to share it with others.

Figure D

After the file is loaded, you will see information technology listed in your Google Drive.

Method two: How to use the New push

If yous prefer to browse to the file you want to upload instead of dragging and dropping, that's possible every bit well.

With Google Drive open up, like in Figure A, wait 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 be presented with a number of options (Effigy Eastward).

Figure E

Clicking the New button gives you a driblet-down bill of fare of options.

In this case, we want to upload a file, and then click File Upload. If you have a whole folder total of documents to upload, you can do that every bit well–merely click the option right beneath File Upload, and select the folder you want to re-create to Google Bulldoze.

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

Figure F

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

Later on clicking Open, the upload process continues as it did with the drag-and-drib method. Once Google Bulldoze finishes the upload, yous'll be able to share the document with whoever needs it.