On mobile, tap the Google Drive app icon, which resembles a yellow, green, and blue triangle. If you don’t yet have Google Drive on mobile, you can download it for iPhone or Android for free.
On mobile, tap SIGN IN at the bottom of the screen. Skip this step and the next one if you’re already signed into Google Drive.
On mobile, you may have to select a Google account when prompted.
On mobile, you’ll see a blank space with a white ＋ at the bottom of the screen, along with a ☰ icon in the top-left corner of the screen. Any items uploaded to Google Drive will be available on any other platform that supports Google Drive.
You may first need to select a file storage folder from the left side of the window.
Once the files finish uploading, you’ll see a white checkmark ✓ to the right of the file’s name in the box that’s on the right side of the page.
You may be taken directly to the Photos page on Android.
It’s important to stay near a Wi-Fi router and keep Google Drive open during this time.
Google Docs - Opens a new, blank Word-like document. Google Sheets - Opens a new, blank Excel-like spreadsheet. Google Slides - Opens a new, blank PowerPoint-like document. You can also select More and then click Google Forms if you want to create a Google Form.
Your changes will be saved automatically as long as you’re connected to the Internet.
You will need the Google Docs, Google Sheets, and/or Google Slides apps on your phone if you want to create a document on mobile.
Google Docs - Creates a Word-like document. If you don’t have Google Docs, this opens the Google Docs app page. Google Sheets - Creates an Excel-like document. If you don’t have Google Sheets, this opens the Google Sheets app page. Google Slides - Creates a PowerPoint-like document. If you don’t have Google Slides, this opens the Google Slides app page.
Sharing documents or files is useful when the file in question is over 25 MB in size, since most email providers won’t allow you to send it as an attachment at that point.
Can edit - The person with whom you share the document will be able to edit the document. Can comment - The person with whom you share the document will be able to leave comments about the document, but not edit the document. Can view - The person with whom you share the document will only be able to view, but not edit or comment on, the document.
You can enter multiple email addresses here by pressing the Tab ↹ key after each email address.
On Android, tap and hold the document that you want to share.
Edit or Can edit - The person with whom you share the document will be able to edit the document. Comment or Can comment - The person with whom you share the document will be able to leave comments about the document, but not edit the document. View or Can view - The person with whom you share the document will only be able to view, but not edit or comment on, the document.
