Epitome: Andy Wolber / TechRepublic

Yard Suite, Google'south cloud-based office software platform, has fabricated remote collaboration simpler than ever. Sharing and creating documents can be washed in a snap, and locally stored files tin can exist uploaded and shared via Google drive likewise.

If you're working from home and need to interact with coworkers, Google Drive can be invaluable–if you lot know how to use it.

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

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Method one: How to drag and drop

In Figure A, yous'll run across an empty Google Bulldoze folder, which shows the bulletin Drop Files Hither Or Utilise The New Button. That's exactly what yous demand to do to upload a file to Google Drive.

Figure A

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

To upload using the "elevate and drop" method, brand sure you've browsed to the location of the file you desire to upload from your computer. In this example, I've created a test document that I've placed in a examination binder on my desktop (Figure B).

Effigy B

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

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

Click and concur on the certificate you want to upload, drag it to the Google Bulldoze window (Figure C), and then release it.

Figure C

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

Information technology 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 prove the upload status. Once complete, you lot'll meet the file listed in your Google Drive folder (Figure D), and you lot'll be ready to share information technology with others.

Figure D

Later the file is loaded, yous 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 desire to upload instead of dragging and dropping, that's possible as well.

With Google Drive open, 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 you'll be presented with a number of options (Effigy E).

Effigy E

Clicking the New button gives you a drib-downwardly carte of options.

In this example, we want to upload a file, so click File Upload. If you have a whole folder full of documents to upload, you tin can do that besides–only click the choice right beneath File Upload, and select the folder you want to copy to Google Drive.

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

Figure F

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

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