If you haven’t managed to organize Google Drive yet and need to find something in a hurry, you may have trouble finding a specific file. Here’s how to quickly find Google Drive.
Quick access to Google Drive
Google Drive has a feature that sits at the top of the main page with suggestions for recently opened or edited and potentially important files. This feature is called Quick Access, and it’s one of the easiest ways to find a file that you open regularly. You can enable Quick Access from Settings at any time.
On the main page of your drive, click the Settings icon in the top right corner and click Settings.
Scroll down to the «Suggestions» section, check «Make Relevant Files Convenient When You Need Them Quickly», and then click «Done».
After enabling quick access, the next time you open the drive, a section with several suggestions for related files will appear at the top of the page.
Find your drive
If your file is not showing up in the Quick Access section, then one of the next things you can try is to search your drive for a specific item. You can do it right from the search bar at the top of the page.
In the search bar, start typing a file name and Drive will dynamically analyze all your files for a match. Click on the file when you see it in the list of results to open it.
Search result filter
As of February 2019, Google has implemented a more advanced way to filter files on your drive. It uses a list of file types that you can select from the entire drive and then cycle through the results until you find the file you want.
On the Google Drive home page, click on the search bar and a list of file types will appear. You can choose from PDFs, documents, spreadsheets, presentations, photos and images, and videos.
