How to Organize Your Google Drive Like a Pro

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How to Organise Your Google Drive Like a Pro

1. Basic Google Drive Setup and Adding Files

Like standard file explorers, Google Drive allows you to organize your files in folders, which is handy if you’re working on multiple distinct projects. What makes it a little more complex is that your files can originate from up to three different sources, listed in the sidebar under drive.google.com: My Drive, Shared with me, and Google Photos.

If you’re looking for a file, it could potentially be in any of those categories, making it difficult to browse your way to a file. To make it easier, you can add any file or folder to your own Drive. If you click and drag a file to your drive, that removes the file from its current location and relocates it to your Drive.

To avoid confusing other people by making their files and folders disappear, use the Add to My Drive option from the right-click menu. Adding a file to your drive essentially adds a shortcut to the file or folder to the top level of your drive. That way, you can find it faster, but you don’t have to move it out of its original location