We will always have less time and more work to do, and wasting your time on processing one file at a time in Google Drive doesn't make sense. In this article, we will see how you can speed up your process by working on multiple files in Google Drive. To start working on multiple files in Google Drive, we need to understand methods to select them randomly or sequentially in web version or in Google Drive Android App.
What is Google Drive ?
Most of us know that Google Drive is freemium cloud storage by Google giving a free space of 15 GB to store your photos, videos, documents etc. You can extend the storage by buying Google One subscription. Google Drive provides its app and web app to upload and manage files in your cloud storage. To get Google Drive storage you need to register for a Google Account which is completely free.
Features of Google Drive:
- Faster Upload and Auto backup media files
- High Compression algorithm to compress large media files without loosing quality\
- Larger capacity as compared to other cloud storage services.
- Easy File management and sharing.
- Highly secure and safe cloud storage.
How to Select Multiple Files in Google Drive?
Now we have understood the benefits of Google Drive, let's find out how you can work on multiple files together in Google Drive. Like any other file manager, Google Drive allows selecting multiple files or folders. You can either select them randomly or sequentially. Once selected you can perform some bulk operations like move, cut, copy, delete, share etc.
Steps to select multiple files in Google Drive web app:
- Visit drive.google.com and login with your Google account.
- Once loaded, head over to the first file you want to select and click on it.
- Now hold Shift or Ctrl key and select another file in Google Drive.
- Use the Shift key when you want to select multiple files in a series, and use Ctrl when you need to select random files.
- To perform bulk actions on multiple files, right click on one of the selected files or use the context menu in the top right corner.
Steps to select multiple files in Google Drive Android :
- Open Google Drive app in your android smartphone.
- Once all files get synced, Tap and hold on the first file you want to select. You will see a tick mark on the left side of the file to show that you are now in multi select mode.
- Now, just tap on other files to select multiple files in Google Drive app.
- Once done, you can use the context menu at the top to perform bulk action on the selected files.
Hope you have followed all the steps correctly and being able to select multiple files without any hassle. There is no limit on how many files you can select simultaneously in Google Drive. But you must understand that larger number of files will increase the time of operation you are performing on them. In case you need to share multiple files, you can put them into a folder and share the folder to make it easier.
Benefits of Selecting Multiple Files in Google Drive:
There are certain benefits you might be aware of selecting multiple files in Google Drive. Some of them are mentioned here:
- Let you perform bulk operation like move, cut, copy and delete.
- Sharing becomes easy as you don't have to share all files one by one.
- Make organization easy as you can select multiple files and organize them in folders.
- Save a lot of time wasted in doing single operation at a time.
Wrapping Up
This quick and easy tutorial explains how to select multiple files in Google Drive to make things faster and easier for you. We hope you have understood the steps well and can easily follow it. You can read more Google Drive tutorial in our blogs. If you have any question regarding any problem in Google Drive, you can write them in comments.