Google Drive is one of Google’s cloud storage services or online storage media and can be accessed for free by Gmail account holders. This service is very useful for those of you who want to store important files or documents on the Internet.
The advantage of using Google Drive cloud storage services, of course, is that you no longer have to bother carrying storage media such as USB sticks or HD External. Easily with Internet access, you can access your important files stored on Google Drive.
This most popular file and document storage service offers a capacity of 15 GB for free. If you think it’s not big enough to store files or documents, you can update your account by signing up/paying rental fees to increase capacity up to 100GB or a maximum of 30TB. So, how to share files via Google Drive? Here are the steps to share a file through Google Drive, summarized from the tekno.kompas.com page
Share files/documents in Google Drive
- First of all, go to the drive.google.com page and make sure that you have signed in with the respective Google Account.
- Then select the file you want to send and upload it by tapping the “+ New” button and selecting the “File Upload” menu.
- After selecting and uploading the desired file, a pop-up window will appear showing the file upload process. When the upload process is complete, click the Show File Location icon to the right of the window.
- A little later, you will be shown the file that was previously uploaded.
- Right-click the file and select the Share menu.
- Then a window will appear where you need to enter the email address of the user to whom you want to send the file.
- Enter the email address of the recipient of the file in the People field and enter a small description (notes) in the box that follows. Finally, click on the “Send” button.
Google Drive Mobile Version/App
In addition to the desktop version, you can also send files through the mobile version of the Google Drive application (Android & iOS). The method itself is quite simple and almost the same as the desktop version of Google Drive.
- Open the Google Drive app on your phone and click the “+” button and tap the “Upload” icon.
- If this is the case, select the file you want to send in the File view of the available browser.
- After that, Google Drive will automatically upload the file as soon as the user selects the file or clicks the “Open” button (if the file you want to upload is more than one).
- After the upload process is complete, locate and select the previously uploaded file and click the “Three Dots” icon to the right of the file name. Then tap on the “Share” menu.
- Just like the desktop version, users must enter the email address of the file’s destination shortly after clicking the Share menu. After entering the required information, click the “Send” button
Share Google Drive document links without an invitation email
In fact, there are other ways to share files and also documents stored in Google Drive. Another way to share files and documents on Google Drive with everyone without having to grant access permission is get links.
The trick is to right-click on the file/document to be shared, then select get a link and then change the “Restricted” option to “Everyone who has the link”. After that, copy the link and share it on social media, websites/blogs so that everyone can access it.
