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Thousand Suite, Google's deject-based function software platform, has made remote collaboration simpler than ever. Sharing and creating documents can be done in a snap, and locally stored files can exist uploaded and shared via Google drive too.

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

Remote workers who are new to Google Bulldoze need to start with the basics, like how to upload a file. There are ii 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 encounter an empty Google Drive binder, which shows the message Driblet Files Hither Or Use The New Button. That's exactly what yous need to practice to upload a file to Google Drive.

Figure A

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

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

Figure B

Browse to a file to "drag and driblet" it into your Google Drive.

Open the Google Drive binder yous want to upload the certificate to in your spider web browser, and then open up the binder where the certificate you want to upload is located, using the Finder in macOS or the Explorer in Windows.

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

Figure C

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

It may take a few seconds to upload the file, during which fourth dimension a window in the bottom-right corner of your Google Drive page will show the upload status. One time complete, you lot'll see the file listed in your Google Drive binder (Figure D), and y'all'll exist set to share it with others.

Figure D

After the file is loaded, y'all will see it listed in your Google Drive.

Method 2: How to use the New button

If y'all prefer to browse to the file you desire to upload instead of dragging and dropping, that's possible besides.

With Google Drive open up, like in Effigy A, look for the colorful plus sign adjacent to the word New on the left side of the screen. Click that push button, and y'all'll be presented with a number of options (Effigy E).

Figure East

Clicking the New button gives you a driblet-downwardly menu of options.

In this example, nosotros want to upload a file, so click File Upload. If y'all have a whole binder total of documents to upload, you can do that besides–but click the option right beneath File Upload, and select the folder you lot want to copy to Google Drive.

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

Figure F

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

After clicking Open up, the upload process continues as it did with the drag-and-drop method. In one case Google Drive finishes the upload, you'll be able to share the document with whoever needs it.