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Thousand Suite, Google's cloud-based office software platform, has fabricated remote collaboration simpler than ever. Sharing and creating documents tin be done in a snap, and locally stored files tin can exist uploaded and shared via Google drive every bit well.

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

Remote workers who are new to Google Drive demand to kickoff with the basics, like 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 done in a snap.

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Method one: How to drag and driblet

In Figure A, you'll see an empty Google Bulldoze folder, which shows the message Drib Files Here Or Use The New Push button. That'due south exactly what you demand to do to upload a file to Google Drive.

Effigy A

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

To upload using the "drag and drop" method, make sure you've browsed to the location of the file you want to upload from your reckoner. In this case, I've created a exam certificate that I've placed in a test binder on my desktop (Figure B).

Figure B

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

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

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

Figure 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 fourth dimension a window in the bottom-right corner of your Google Drive folio will show the upload condition. In one case complete, yous'll see the file listed in your Google Bulldoze binder (Figure D), and you'll be gear up to share it with others.

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

Method two: How to apply the New button

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

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

Figure E

Clicking the New button gives you a drop-downwards menu 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, you can do that as well–only click the pick right beneath File Upload, and select the folder yous desire to re-create to Google Drive.

When you click File Upload, a Finder/Explorer window will open. Navigate to the certificate yous want 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 up, the upload procedure continues as it did with the drag-and-driblet method. Once Google Drive finishes the upload, y'all'll exist able to share the document with whoever needs it.