If you want to store any files or documents on your computer or mobile via Google Drive and use them from any other mobile or computer, today you can get complete information about Google Drive and how to use it from this article.
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What is Google Drive?
Google Drive is a type of cloud storage or online storage created by Google, which Google created in 2012. Google Drive currently has more than 5 billion users.
We can store various types of documents and files offline with the help of memory cards in such mobiles. Similarly, with the help of Google Drive, a file can be stored online, and that file can be downloaded from any device.
So Google Drive, a kind of storage like a memory card. We can use the memory card without the internet, but we need to use Google Drive.
Just as memory cards have different types of limits (1GB, 4GB, 8GB, 32GB), so does Google Drive. Since Google Drive is a product of Google, it allows any user to use up to 15 GB of storage, free of charge. Now, if any user needs more cloud storage, then he has to buy it.
Once you upload a file to Google Drive, you can download and use that file from any mobile or computer.
How to download Google Drive:
You need the help of the Play Store to download Google Drive. So you open the Play Store on your mobile, type Google Drive in the search box, and search.
Then by clicking on the application, install the Google Drive application on your mobile with the Install option.
Google Drive’s capacity and price:
* 15 GB free
* 130 per month for 100 GB
* Tk 210 per month for 200 GB
* 650 per month for 2TB
* Tk 3250 per month for 10 TB
* 6500 per month for 20 TB
* 9750 per month for 30 TB
How to use Google Drive:
You must first create a Google Drive account. After creating an account, you can upload any file to Google Drive.
How to create a Google Drive account:
An email account is required to create a Google Drive account. If you do not know how to create an email account, first create an email ID from here. Then open the Google Drive application and log in with your email ID and password using the sign-in option at the top right. Once logged in, you can use the Google Drive account.
How to use Google Drive on mobile?
To use Google Drive on mobile, first, open the Google Drive application from mobile.
You will see a plus sign (+) icon at the bottom when you open the application. This plus sign will help you to upload anything from your mobile to Google Drive. If you want to upload a file to Google Drive, click on this plus icon.
Clicking on the Plus (+) icon will bring up 6 options. Let’s first get to know the work of the six options.
Folder – You can use this option to keep a file in a specific folder.
Upload – The file (audio-video, document, image, project) you want to upload to Google Drive; the upload option can help.
Scan – This option allows you to scan and upload any documents directly to Google Drive.
Google Docs – To create a document file directly with Google Drive.
Google Slides – To create a PowerPoint project.
So I hope you understand the work of these six options. Since we want to upload any file to Google Drive, we will click on the Upload option.
Just by clicking on this option, you will see the offline gallery of your mobile. From there, select the file (audio, video, image, document, file) you want to keep in Google Drive.
Now Google Drive will store the specific file in its drive with the help of your mobile network or WiFi. This way, you can upload as many files as you want to Google Drive.
But remember one thing:
If you want to upload a large file to Google Drive via a mobile network, sometimes Google Drive does not upload it. Google Drive is waiting for the mobile WiFi to upload that file. If you want to upload files to Google Drive using your mobile network without a WiFi network, you will turn off the Transfer file Only Over Wi-fi option from Google Drive settings.
How to use Google Drive on a computer:
First, go to a browser and open the drive.google.com/drive website to use Google Drive on a computer.
Then log in with your Gmail ID and password to create a new account. Once logged in, if you want to upload a new file from your computer to Google Drive, click on the + New option.
Then you will have all these options:
File Upload – To upload a specific file from computer to Google Drive
Folder Upload – To upload a specific folder from a computer
Google Docs – To create a document directly and store it in Google Drive
Google Sheets – To create excel files with Google Drive
Google Slides – To create a PowerPoint slide and save it to Google Drive
Google Forms – You can create a new form and put it in Google Drive
More – You can save more documents in Google Drive in other formats.
Now click on the thing you want to upload to Google Drive, your computer’s ‘My Computer’ option will open, and you will see all the offline drives of the computer.
From here, you double-click on the item you want to upload to Google Drive, and it will be uploaded to Google Drive. This way, you can upload files from your computer to Google Drive.
How to download from Google Drive:
Follow these steps if you want to download a file uploaded to Google Drive to your computer or mobile.
How to download to mobile:
To download something from Google Drive to mobile, first open the application in Google Drive, click on the 3 dot icon next to the file you want to download.
Then you will come across many options. If you click on the ‘Download’ option, the file will be downloaded to the mobile.
How to download to computer:
To download an item from Google Drive to a computer, first open Google Drive and right-click on the item you want to download.
Right-click will bring you many options. You can select the ‘Download’ option from there and click on it. Clicking on this option will save the specified file from Google Drive to your computer.
How to use Google Drive Unlimited Storage?
Google Drive allows you to use 15 GB of storage for free. And if you want to use more than that, you can use up to 30TB of cloud storage. And for this, you have to pay 9650 rupees per month to Google. If you want to use unlimited storage, you can use Google Drive by creating many accounts in Google Drive.
How to print out from Google Drive?
To print out any document from Google Drive, open the Documents tab and click on its 3 dot option. And among the many options, choose the ‘Print’ option.
Then adjust the print color and page size and print.
Is Google Drive secure?
Many people have many questions about the security of Google Drive. Since Google Drive is a product of Google, you can believe it with your eyes. There is no fear of your data being stolen from Google Drive because Google makes its main server. And Google Drive is always protected with High Protected Security. So it is safest to use Google Drive.
Conclusion:
Hopefully, you have got all the information on how to use Google Drive from the above article. If you use Google Drive, you will get everything back with your Gmail account even after resetting your phone. If you don’t use Google Drive now, use it today to store important documents.