Upload files

You can upload files to Drive in two ways: through the New menu, or by dragging files from your computer directly onto the file list.

Upload using the New menu

1. Open Drive and navigate to the folder you want to upload into.
2. Click the New button in the sidebar.
3. Choose Upload file from the menu.
4. A file picker opens. Select one or more files, then click Open (or Choose on macOS).

Drive uploads all the files you selected and adds them to the current folder. While the upload is running, a small progress indicator appears in the bottom-right corner of the screen. It disappears automatically once the upload finishes.

Upload by dragging files

1. Open Drive and navigate to the folder you want to upload into.
2. Drag one or more files from your desktop or file manager onto the Drive file list.
3. A highlighted border appears over the list when Drive is ready to receive the files. Drop them.

Drive uploads the files and adds them to the folder you were browsing.

Upload multiple files at once

Both methods accept multiple files at the same time. In the file picker, hold Shift or Ctrl (Command on macOS) to select more than one file. When dragging, select all the files you want before you start the drag.

What happens if a file with the same name already exists

Drive will not overwrite an existing file. If you upload a file whose name is already taken in the folder, Drive saves the new file with a number added to its name. For example, uploading photo.jpg into a folder that already has a photo.jpg results in a file named photo#1.jpg.