Working with Google Drive on Windows

Google Drive is Google’s free storage service. People with a Google account can fill the online storage space from the browser, via an app on mobile devices, or from a computer program.

• Install and set up Google Drive (Windows)
• create google account

If Google Drive is installed on the computer, it will have its own folder in File Explorer. Everything in this folder will also be saved online once you have an internet connection. The folder works the same as any other folder in the Explorer.

The Google Drive cloud service allows the user to store and view all kinds of files. Open a file like this:

• Open the Explorer. In the Taskbar, click on a folder icon .
• Click on the left in the Explorer on google drive.
  
• Double click on a file to open it.

Folders are useful for organizing files. Create a new folder like this:

• Open the Explorer.
• Click on the left in the Explorer on Google Drive.
• On the ‘Home’ tab, click New map.
• Type the name of the folder and press the Enter key.

The folder has been created. Double click on the folder to open it.

If you want to save a file to Google Drive online, simply put the file (or a copy of it) in the Google Drive folder in the Explorer. Copy a file or folder through File Explorer as follows:

• Open the Explorer.
• Click on the file or folder to copy.
• On the ‘Home’ tab, click To copy.
• Click on the left in the Explorer on Google Drive.
• If necessary, double-click on the folder where the file or folder should be located.
• On the ‘Home’ tab, click To stick.

The file or folder is in the old location on the computer, as well as in Google Drive.

Move files to a (different) folder in Google Drive like this:

• Open the Explorer.
• Click on the file you want to move.
• In the ‘Home’ tab, click on To cut.
• Click on the left Google Drive.
• Double click on the folder where you want to put the file. The folder will then open.
• In the ‘Home’ tab, click on To stick.

The file is now in the selected folder.

Delete files you don’t want to keep from Google Drive. This frees up space for other files.

• Click on the left in the Explorer on Google Drive.
• Click on the desired file.
• In the ‘Home’ tab, click on remove.

The file is deleted everywhere, including online. The deleted file is still in the computer’s Recycle Bin and online in the ‘Recycle Bin’ folder.

Do you still want to keep a deleted file? Then restore the file as follows:

• Go to the Desktop.
• Double click on Garbage can.
• Right click on the file.
• click on Put back.

The file is now back in the Google Drive folder.

In Google Drive, you can share a file with someone else. This is only possible via the Google Drive website. There is a shortcut on the computer for this. To do this, click the Google Drive icon in the Taskbar or System Tray. How to share a file can be found in the article ‘Using Google Drive over the web’.