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1000 Suite, Google'southward cloud-based office software platform, has made remote collaboration simpler than e'er. Sharing and creating documents can be done in a snap, and locally stored files can be uploaded and shared via Google bulldoze as well.

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

Remote workers who are new to Google Drive demand to first with the nuts, like how to upload a file. There are two ways to upload documents, photos, videos, and other types of images to Google Bulldoze, and both can be done in a snap.

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Method ane: How to elevate and drop

In Effigy A, you'll come across an empty Google Drive folder, which shows the message Drop Files Here Or Use The New Button. That's exactly what you need to do to upload a file to Google Drive.

Figure A

Drag and drop files or click the New button to add 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 estimator. In this case, I've created a test document that I've placed in a test folder on my desktop (Effigy B).

Figure B

Scan to a file to "elevate and drop" it into your Google Bulldoze.

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

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

Figure C

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

It may take a few seconds to upload the file, during which time a window in the bottom-correct corner of your Google Drive page volition evidence the upload condition. Once consummate, yous'll run into the file listed in your Google Bulldoze folder (Figure D), and you lot'll exist ready to share information technology with others.

Effigy D

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

Method 2: How to use the New button

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

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

Effigy E

Clicking the New push gives you a drib-downward card of options.

In this case, we desire to upload a file, so click File Upload. If yous have a whole folder full of documents to upload, you tin can do that as well–simply click the option right beneath File Upload, and select the binder you desire to re-create to Google Bulldoze.

When you click File Upload, a Finder/Explorer window volition open up. Navigate to the document you desire to upload, and click Open up (Figure F).

Effigy F

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

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