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One thousand Suite, Google's cloud-based part software platform, has fabricated remote collaboration simpler than ever. Sharing and creating documents can exist done in a snap, and locally stored files can exist uploaded and shared via Google drive as well.

If y'all're working from home and need to interact with coworkers, Google Drive can be invaluable–if yous know how to utilize it.

Remote workers who are new to Google Drive need to outset with the basics, like how to upload a file. At that place are 2 ways to upload documents, photos, videos, and other types of images to Google Bulldoze, and both tin be done in a snap.

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Method one: How to drag and drop

In Figure A, y'all'll run into an empty Google Drive binder, which shows the bulletin Drop Files Here Or Use The New Button. That'southward exactly what you lot need to do to upload a file to Google Drive.

Figure A

Elevate and drop 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 lot want to upload from your reckoner. In this example, I've created a test document that I've placed in a exam folder on my desktop (Figure B).

Figure B

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

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

Click and concur on the document y'all want to upload, drag it to the Google Drive window (Figure C), and then release it.

Figure C

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

It may take a few seconds to upload the file, during which time a window in the bottom-right corner of your Google Drive folio will show the upload status. Once complete, you'll run across the file listed in your Google Drive binder (Figure D), and you'll exist ready to share it with others.

Figure D

Afterwards the file is loaded, you will see it listed in your Google Drive.

Method two: How to use the New button

If you adopt to browse to the file you want to upload instead of dragging and dropping, that'southward possible likewise.

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

Figure East

Clicking the New push gives you a drop-downward menu of options.

In this case, we want to upload a file, and so click File Upload. If you have a whole folder full of documents to upload, you tin do that every bit well–just click the option right beneath File Upload, and select the binder you lot want to copy to Google Drive.

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 up to load it to your Google Drive.

Later clicking Open, the upload process continues every bit it did with the drag-and-drop method. Once Google Drive finishes the upload, you lot'll exist able to share the document with whoever needs it.