Google Drive Tutorial: How to Use Google Drive on Desktop 2023

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In this video, I deep dive into Google Drive and share some of my favorite Google Drive features. You’ll learn how to use Google Drive on desktop 2023, as I highlight some of the best Google Drive features. Is Google Drive better than Dropbox? I believe the price and features can’t be beaten! Google Drive is awesome.
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01:00 - How to access Google Drive
01:50 - Google Drive layout
03:28 - How to create files and folders
05:29 - Google Drive templates
06:41 - How to organize Google Drive files and folders
09:05 - How to share Google Drive files
10:50 - How to search in Google Drive
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[@TasiaCustode]

Hey friends! Here's your complete Google Drive tutorial for 2023!

[@MH55YT]

Thanks for the video. I've tried to learn about Google Drive for about a month and watched countless hours of KZbin videos. This is the most informative so far. Thanks again. I'll search for more videos from you.

[@manaylor]

Wow! I never thought a tutorial video about file management could be so riveting. I was mesmerised the whole way through. I've subbed you and thanks for taking me down this rabbit hole. I'm very impressed with your presentation. Thanks for your effort.

[@Dougohere1]

You obviously love what you're doing and presenting, so we're all going to love trying it all out. So well presented too 😊

[@TasiaCustode]

Thanks so much 😊 Glad you liked the video

[@Andrew_Lewis]

Your content is brilliant 👏🏾 so easy to follow.

[@peterlloyd6100]

Thank you found this helpful. Loved your vivacious personality and passion. Best wishes. Cheers

[@gardenlighting-barrysluite7505]

Thanks so much for your interesting and informative videos. I came across a very useful desktop shortcut which you probably know about on windows; hold down the control and alt key and then G opens up Google Drive search on a desktop

[@amandarafuse1050]

this was SO helpful! Finally getting my butt in gear and learning about Google Drive and you have been super helpful! Thank you Tasia!

[@TasiaCustode]

You are so welcome! Have fun learning!

[@user-oj8ek9wv6h]

Your videos are great - super helpful and easy to understand - its made my use of google products so much easier - thanks a million !

[@jenbcosgrove]

Very helpful video. I have been using Google Drive for Desktop for a couple of years but this overview was great. And I have been right clicking on folders and somehow never noticed the COLOR option. I love using color to help me find things at a glance and categorized. Love the advanced search features too. I had not use them much but will now Thanks for the video!

[@TasiaCustode]

This is so great to hear! I’m glad you liked the video and learned something too!

[@kwagner49]

Hello Tasia, thank you for this Google Drive tutorial. I've been using Google Drive for years and this short video taught me several amazing new things that I never knew and that will help me immensely. Stay well!

[@TasiaCustode]

Hello! So glad it was helpful!

[@shirleymiller336]

Extremely helpful, informative, and user-friendly, thanks

[@piotrlapinski]

such nice content. I mistakingly watched the vid thinking it'd cover the google drive app for desktop

[@msam9583]

Very nice guidance, very helpful and thoughtful. Thank you 😊

[@TulipWife]

Ty for this. I just started etsy and want to learn more about it and how I can use it especially when it comes to sharing.

[@BradWieland]

Hey @TasiaCustode, thanks for all of your valuable content. One of the dilemas I keep facing is how to keep my personal Google Drive separate from my Workspace Google Drive OR, how to combine them so that I can search and find documents in both places. Is this possible? Thanks!

[@MsKarate214]

Thanks for the tutorial!

[@johnathanhorne1988]

Thanks Tasia!

[@bisratabebe6758]

You gave us a very clear explanation. Thanks

[@sfscspresidentjonschwark9428]

Great video! I've used google drive for years but I still learned things

[@user-pf1rz1tc4g]

Thank you so much for an excellent tutorial!

[@Garcia....]

Thanks for sharing!!! ✌️👍👍👍

[@fartufat]

I love the enthusiasm and sincerity of the presentation. I subscribed. She may be a valuable resource as my own enthusiasm and sincerity have been crushed by age and experience.

[@AngelaSutcliffe]

Great video, so easy to follow. Today was the first day I used Google Drive and within minutes I knew I was in over my head. Thanks to this video I'm feeling much more comfortable.

[@NazriB]

Lies again? Genuine Draft

[@joanes1963able]

Dear TASIA< amazing details of GDerive features, keep up this excellent job, very helpful and greetings from beautiful Indonesia. cheers.

[@albertrodriguez7529]

Excellent content, thank you very much for the information.

[@pubgiant24]

So helpful! subscribed. thanks so much

[@TasiaCustode]

Thanks for the sub! Glad the content is helpful!

[@John-fj3qw]

Thanks Tasia, great content as usual and wonderfully presented.

[@TasiaCustode]

Thanks, John! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@tanyapeterson.realtor]

You showed me the most amazing thing in Google during the Katie Lance Masterclass. The google photos. I love that my photos get sent there and I love that I can create folders for houses that I list and share the folder to my photographer so that he can upload them photos in there. Is there a way to share that house file of the photos to my drive house file?

[@oryemandrew3579]

Thanks so wonderful.

[@miltonbrownrigg8409]

Youve inspired me to clean up and sort my drive. Thank you

[@TasiaCustode]

That is awesome! You can do it, Milton!

[@maneshbv1]

Great Video. Thank you.

[@ronaldvaughn7087]

Thanks A Million Lovely Lady, I went from Zero Google Drive Knowlege To Learning Quite Abit About Google Drive from This Great Tutorial Video 😊😀😘

[@teddyw.charawa8989]

You bare great. Thank you.

[@philipfomevor3895]

Thank you 🙏

[@dianesanders-houstonrealtor]

Great info; thanks for helping this new user!

[@TasiaCustode]

Glad you found it helpful!

[@corinnetitcomb7167]

Excellent video so informative.

[@mankottutharayil]

Thank you very much for your informative advice about Google drive Sabu from Saudi Arabia

[@TasiaCustode]

You’re most welcome, Sabu!

[@deenyc730]

Great video! I listened to your video on how to share files and folders which was great, too. :) I do have a question, though... I followed your instructions for file sharing and permissions, but when those I shared my file with opened it, the formatting was wrong. Does google drive have an issue with pdfs?

[@mohsinfareed1797]

"Your KZbin channel consistently delivers content that is not only informative and engaging but also creatively produced. The hard work, passion, and dedication you put into every video clearly shine through, making it an absolute joy to watch. I eagerly await every new upload, as I know I'm in for a treat. Keep up the excellent work!"

[@TasiaCustode]

What a lovely comment, thank you so much. I appreciate you!

[@shatrodhanthakur]

Awesome! Keep them Coming

[@TasiaCustode]

Thanks! Will do!

[@rajat10]

Awesome! Keep them coming

[@TasiaCustode]

You got it! Thanks for watching!

[@rubywatson95]

I am new to google drive. This presentation is easy to follow. During the presentation, I opened up google drive which I already had and was able to change the user. Now I have 2 profiles which is good. I didn't want my other google docs showing up with my organization documents. Thank you so much. I have subscribed to your channel and can't wait to see more of your videos. I wasn't able to follow the links because they did not show up during your presentation for me to access. Please advise. Thanks. BTW I can always search for your videos. Thank you.😊

[@knlpeoplehelper2414]

thank you for your help. I wanted to reset my computer so I went in to settings and looked at backup. I saw that my computer was backing up my info to drive every 6 hours, so I did the reset. Some of my desk top items came back, but when I went back into settings after the reset, there is nothing about google drive there. How can I find what was backed up, and how can I get it back on my computer??? Thanks again Ken. I need this asap.

[@frankvet1]

Awesome content Tasia... thank you! The only feature to me that is not necessarily intuitive (at least to me) is the "Computers" section on the left pane... not mentioned in this segment... I guess that is something to know about before knowing how to share or collaborate on documents. Fantastic channel.. one of my very favorites. Thank you again!

[@JJFlores197]

The computers section is only used if you are using the Google Drive client on your computer. In other words, if you are syncing files to and from your computer via the Google Drive program, that's where you would manage your sync settings. If you simply wanted to share files already in your Google Drive, you right click the file(s) or folder(s), choose Share>Share>Enter the name/email address of whoever you want to share with.

[@rollieroth5003]

good video. thx

[@jalvarenga37]

Hello, and thank you for such a great video. I have a quick question. I have been trying to add a shortcut for google drive on my desktop, but it wonk let me do it, do you know if it is possible and if yes,, how do I do it? Thank you.

[@PhillipAmato]

Great video, I am now a new subscriber.. I have been using Google drive for some years now and have been considering using it as my main drive. My last computer investment i purchased a 3TB internal hard drive however i always still need to manage its storage, having to back it up regularly and still require other even larger hard drives connected to my computer to save other files. What are your thought on the pros and cons on have a smaller internal hard drive and using the cloud to put all of your files i would like to know your opinion as i have been “scared” to take this large plunge . 🤦🏻‍♂

[@digitalmoiz1]

nice tasia best lecture

[@AlexJeffrey-ww8sf]

Thanks for the tutorial and i subscribe to ya for this, pretty girl!

[@user-yx9lq3cd2r]

I have had a google drive account for years. I would like to move the files from google drive to my google workspace account. Is there a way to do this easily and keep the gdocs extension?

[@slicedpage]

this was more about google online not so much about google desktop unless they are one and the same which would have been nice to know. I am new to google drive and want to use it as a backup and to sync files with my PC automatically. EG new file of PC is mirrored on the G drive. Deleted on PC and deleted on GD. Do you know if this can only be done with google installed as an application on my PC?

[@rochellesumeray4213]

Great video Tasia, and I love your delivery and conciseness . Thankyou ......Q: If I have a few accounts, can I take one file from one and transfer it to another? Also, I accidentally bought storage for one account when I meant to buy it for the other....whoops..

[@tattvavetta]

Thanks from India

[@ronm6585]

Thanks Tasia.

[@TasiaCustode]

Of course, Ron.

[@50023sw]

Hey Tasia, I have been using G drive for the past 1.5 years, I still found this video very informative. Thank you very much! Is it possible to link a copied Google Slide? Here is what I want to do: I copy over a Google Slide from my drive to a shared drive, and when I make changes to any of the linked docs, it should get reflected to the other linked doc.

[@noelborchers7150]

Hi Tasia. I have only just started to delve into Google Drive and really appreciate your videos. Upon opening Google drive for the first time recently I've noticed a lot of files and stuff that somehow or other have been saved previously. I don't even know what they are and how they got to be saved. I'd very much like to do a cull of all or most of those files to declutter. If I remove all of the files that are not necessary will that compromise that information that may be stored elsewhere on my computer? For instance, there are quite a few photos that are also stored in Google Photos. I'd hate to lose them by wanton deletions. I have actually successfully removed much of the unwanted junk.

[@ccard6583]

When I sync a folder (streaming) to Drive, does it delete from my PC, saving space, or do I need to manually do that? Thanks

[@vishnusuraj9914]

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[@TasiaCustode]

You’re very welcome, Vishnu!

[@fendercreative]

A super simple and super helpful video for us newbies. Great job and thank you. Do you have a video on how you use the yellow highlight pointer that follows your mouse moving around. That is such a cool way to do and the arrows and dissolving lines are really awesome??

[@TasiaCustode]

I don't have a video on it - yet, but it is coming this year. I use Camtasia to record my screen and in there you can add the mouse highlighter! I add the arrows in using a FCP plugin. Thanks so much for watching and commenting!

[@fendercreative]

@@TasiaCustode My pleasure and I subscribed as well so you can keep me learning and using google more effectively. Again thank you and keep up the awesome videos.

[@andygolec1]

A useful guide to Google Drive!

[@TasiaCustode]

Glad it was helpful!

[@davidblaske6911]

I like the free pdf viewer, especially as there is an annotations-like function, but drive and samsung don't seem to match well between devices. Losing all my annotations. Finding myself at the printer again because I must must be able to annotate.

[@lesleyrowe5563]

How do you save a gmail email into a folder on drive? Thank you! X

[@rathondas]

excellent

[@craigmouldey2339]

I saw a selection that looks like a chain link. What can be done with that?

[@jessejames4444]

I like the video.

[@HealthywithAmy]

I am struggling to upload photos to a google drive folder that I was sent- Do you have a tutorial on that?

[@firstdondiego]

Well since google decided to remove the ability to pick the folder you sync to, how does one change the sync folder (if it's even possible)?

[@iankastelic881]

Hi Tasia- I look for your videos as I know they will give me great tips on using (whatever)! Thank you! I was hoping that this tutorial was about (Google) Drive for Desktop. Will you consider doing a really deep dive into that? I know that I am under-using it. Thanks for the consideration! -Ian

[@TasiaCustode]

Hi! Thanks so much for watching and commenting. I'll add your idea to my list.

[@DanielKurganov]

do you use the desktop google drive app? they have a "streaming" function, where it appears as a virtual drive but doesn't take up any space. It's annoying that it seemingly can't show the size of folder, and can't preview any media without downloading the whole thing first, which defeats the entire purpose of streaming vs mirroring your google drive.

[@coccinelle8953]

Hey Tasia, I am trying to upload an image through Insert, and drawing new images, once I have the image on my drive, I cannot save it cos the save and close disappear, can you help pls?

[@MyNinjapanda]

Great tutorial as always! The one thing you didn't mention is that you need the Google Drive app on your computer to sync your files.

[@TasiaCustode]

Great point to bring up! Thanks for watching!

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[@crazyczech63]

Can you talk about the "Computers" section in drive ?

[@ritikasrivastava4084]

In the latest annotations option in google drive documents, why can't I scroll pages

[@robertcummings5266]

Awesome video tutorial! How would the process work if I had 350 short-form videos in a file that I wanted to sell and deliver the drive link? Do I just upload the video file itself, or do I have to zip the file before I upload it to the drive? Thanks

[@JJFlores197]

You can do either one. If you want to save space, you can compress them as ZIP files if you want.

[@brybuy5653]

Thanks, useful tips for me were the colour option and the multiple ways to star or move files. I recently signed up for workspace and I have lots of files in Google Drive, but I struggle opening files in their native format eg word or pages and end up downloading and uploading when I have finished editing. Is there an easier way, I really like googles " all in one place" vibe but this is frustrating.

[@TasiaCustode]

You should be able to open those files in Google Docs - or upload them directly to Google Drive. From an attachment in Gmail, you can choose the top dropdown and open in Google Docs. If the file already exists on your computer you can open that right in Drive.

[@brybuy5653]

@@TasiaCustode Thanks again, I'm still learning

[@Evangelistd]

Important Update: New Storage Policy for Google Drive kzbin.info/www/bejne/jou4ZnyobLyhkKM

[@swimny8816]

Can someone help me? I had an external SSD and it crashed, I purchased a new one and I can not figure out how to make drive sync to this new drive

[@jackbarhillel1065]

background music is really cheap .. THKS FOR CONTENT 👍

[@anoshsethna2977]

hi why is my drive not getting sync with the computer. The drive sign at the right bottom keeps circling round.

[@jeffgilpin2827]

What's the hockey team in the frame behind you?

[@TasiaCustode]

Only the best team in the world, the Montreal Canadiens! #GoHabsGo

[@RedArrow69]

Do you know how are i only iorganize? My folders in Google Drive I created a green one for Google sheets blue one for google docs, Red google, photos

[@marzenaharris6618]

Why play music while teaching? I can tell the narration is clear, why obscure it by music? Makes it hard to concentrate.

[@DaveKentLive]

How is that Google could make Google Drive slower and more time consuming to use. This new upgrade is just made work flow much slower!

[@Evangelistd]

Important Update: New Storage Policy for Google Drive kzbin.info/www/bejne/jou4ZnyobLyhkKM What we have to do now?

[@drdave1947]

how do I spell check in a foreign language?

[@hariharaa70]

This wasn't about Google Drive for Desktop. You should change the title. By the way when we use Google Drive for Desktop and when we change computers, what happens to the files that were syncing with the previous computer.?

[@rtmatchatea]

Google

[@randomsurfer007]

I thought you were going to show how to use Google Drive on the Desktop, as the title suggests, and not from the browser!

[@ParadiseFound909]

G Drive just lost all of our files on a tv production even after a 3 hour phone call only some files were recovered

[@user-rb9pi9qg8i]

This was entirely unhelpful. I have two google accounts. 15 GB each google drive storage. I need to know how to get some of the files on my computer automatically loaded to one of the google drive accounts but not the other. The 'Internet' says to go to the menu and select preferences. the google drive on my computer (not the internet) does not have a menu or anything I can find like preferences.

[@marikat-tr2wi]

please next time explain slower, even when I pause the video, I can not catch you up. Thank you

[@xhefriguitars7946]

Is it my computer, or are your lips out of sync?

[@ibrahsanz]

Worst video ever Yisus

[@zora_noamflannery2548]

- Still waiting to find out what Drive is. Never mind I don't care.