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G Suite, Google's deject-based office 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 bulldoze every bit well.

If you're working from dwelling house and need to collaborate with coworkers, Google Drive tin can exist invaluable–if you know how to use it.

Remote workers who are new to Google Drive need to kickoff with the basics, similar how to upload a file. There are 2 ways to upload documents, photos, videos, and other types of images to Google Bulldoze, and both tin can be done in a snap.

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Method i: How to drag and drop

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

Effigy A

Elevate and drop files or click the New button to add files to your Google Drive.

To upload using the "elevate and drop" method, make sure you lot've browsed to the location of the file y'all want to upload from your computer. In this case, I've created a test document that I've placed in a test folder on my desktop (Effigy B).

Figure B

Browse to a file to "elevate and drop" it into your Google Drive.

Open the Google Drive binder you lot desire to upload the certificate to in your web browser, and then 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 certificate you want to upload, drag it to the Google Drive window (Figure C), and and then release it.

Figure C

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

Information technology may take a few seconds to upload the file, during which time a window in the bottom-correct corner of your Google Drive page will bear witness the upload status. Once complete, you'll see the file listed in your Google Bulldoze folder (Figure D), and y'all'll be gear up to share it with others.

Figure D

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

Method 2: How to employ the New push button

If you adopt to browse to the file you desire to upload instead of dragging and dropping, that'southward 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 button, and you'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 case, we want to upload a file, so click File Upload. If y'all have a whole folder full of documents to upload, you lot can exercise that also–just click the option right beneath File Upload, and select the folder yous want to copy to Google Drive.

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

Figure F

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

Later clicking Open, the upload process continues as it did with the drag-and-drop method. Once Google Drive finishes the upload, you'll be able to share the certificate with whoever needs it.