Upload files and folders to Google Drive
You can upload, view, share, and edit files with Google Drive. When you upload a file to Google Drive, it will take up space in your Drive, even if you upload to a folder owned by someone else.
Important: Due to extreme high demand for video services, we’ve temporarily switched all video uploads to standard definition.
Types of files
- Documents
- Images
- Audio
- Video
Computer : Upload files & folders
On your computer, you can upload from drive.google.com or your desktop. You can upload files into private or shared folders.
On your computer, go to drive.google.com.
At the top left, click New and then File Upload or Folder Upload.
Choose the file or folder you want to upload.
Drag files into Google Drive
On your computer, go to drive.google.com.
Open or create a folder.
To upload files and folders, drag them into the Google Drive folder
Convert documents into Google formats:
If you want to upload files like Microsoft Word documents, you can change a setting to convert files.
Note: You can only change Google Drive settings from your computer.
Using a computer, go to drive.google.com/drive/settings.
Next to "Convert Uploads," check the box.
Upload files with the same name
If you upload a file with the same name, Google Drive will upload the file as a revision of the file already in Google Drive.
To keep both files:
On your computer, go to drive.google.com.
Upload a file.
Click Keep as separate file.
