You can find files in Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Slides by searching for:
- File title
- File contents
- Items featured in pictures, PDF files, or other files stored on your Drive
You can search for files stored in My Drive, shared drives, or shared with you. Files shared with you are searchable as long as you've opened them.
You can also sort and filter search results.
Get quick access to your files
Under "Quick Access," you'll see recent and suggested files.
- To open a file, double-click the one you want.
- For more options, right-click the file.
Turn Quick Access on or off
- On your computer, go to drive.google.com.
- At the top right, click Settings
General. - Check or uncheck the box next to "Make relevant files handy when you need them in Quick Access"
Search for your files
- On your computer, sign into drive.google.com.
- At the top, type a word or phrase into the search box.
- On your keyboard, press Enter.
Search tips
Search results will appear as you type.Google Drive searches the titles and content of all files you have permission to see.
To see all results, press Enter on your keyboard.
Filter your Drive results
To find files more easily in Drive, you can narrow search results by filtering them.
- On your computer, go to drive.google.com.
- At the top, type a word or phrase into the search box.
- To narrow your search, click the Down arrow
. - Fill out any of the following sections:
- Type: File types such as documents, images, or PDFs.
- Date modified: The date a file was last edited.
- Item name: Searches only for the title of the file.
- Has the words: Searches for words and phrases within documents.
- Owner: The person the file belongs to.
- Shared to: Who can view, comment, or edit the file.
- Location: Whether the file is in a specific folder, "Trash," or "Starred." You can also search for files available to people in your organization.
- Follow up: If the file has action items assigned to you, or suggestions in files you own.
- At the bottom, click Search.
Find files by size
- On your computer, go to drive.google.com.
- At the left, under storage, click your storage.
- Example: 13.4 GB of 15 GB used.
- To reverse the sort order, at the top right, click Storage used.