If you still do not know what Google Drive is, you should know that it is a very effective platform, since it has many options, functions and tools that help you when doing your work, in Google drive you can save all your documents, files, photos , videos.
You can also download the files from this platform that you have stored in your account, you can do it from your computer or from the comfort of your phone, if you are interested in knowing more about how you can download all your documents, follow this guide and I will show you step by step how to do it.
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- What methods to use to download files, photos or videos from Google Drive on my mobile?
- From the app
- Download files from the web page
- How to share downloaded Drive files with other users?
- Share files via email
- Send files by WhatsApp or Telegram
- What are the conditions when sharing a file or folder in Google Drive?
What methods to use to download files, photos or videos from Google Drive on my mobile?
Google Drive is very easy to use, so when you need to download any of your files or documents, you can do it from your mobile phone application or directly from the web page , whichever of the two methods you choose will work correctly. You can even delete files from Google Drive to free up space or you can simply delete files that you no longer feel necessary to have.
From the app
To download all your documents such as photos and videos from your phone, you must keep in mind that you must download and install the Google Photos application , now follow these steps so you know how to download.
- The first thing you are going to do is open the ‘Google Photos’ application on your phone
- Then you will choose the photo or video
- Then you are going to select the ‘More’ option or you can also identify it as the three points, and when you have already selected this option you are going to select the ‘Download’ option,in this easy and simple way you can download all your records.
Download files from the web page
- You must go to the official Google Drive page
- Then when you have entered the page, you are going to look for the file that you want to download, so when you locate it, you are going to click on the fileto download it.
- Then you are going to right click with your mouse and click on ‘Download’
How to share downloaded Drive files with other users?
It is very easy to share the files that you have stored in your Google Drive account, even the folders can be shared with the people you want , you can also configure in your account who can edit your files. That is why it is important that you know everything about this platform so that you know how to handle it and have no problems when executing any option.
Share files via email
- You must enter the ‘Google drive’ page and then you are going to select people and you are going to enter the emailof the person with whom you want to share the files
- You can choose what you want that person to do with the files you are sending them
- In case you do not want to send the file by email, you must enter the ‘Advanced Configuration’ option and you will remove the notification box to the person, in case you want that if you receive the notifications, the mail goes to include the address you entered
- Finally you will press on ‘Send’
Send files by WhatsApp or Telegram
- You must open the Google app, or you can do it directly from the web page
- Then you go to find the file you want to send
- Then you will select the option of the three points and click on ‘Copy link’
- Then in WhatsApp or Telegram you are going to open the conversationto which you want to send the file and click on ‘Paste’
- Finally you click on ‘Send’, that way you would already be sending the file through the conversation
As an interesting fact you can download, install and use Google Drive on your phone or PC and in case when you are using Google Drive you can block users in case it causes you any problem or in case you no longer want to share any information.
What are the conditions when sharing a file or folder in Google Drive?
You must always take into account how you are going to handle all your files and documents , since it is important that you put your rules in order, that is, you must put security on your files and folders, in what sense, then putting an expiration date on the documents and folders that you share with other users.
You can also make a backup copy of all the content you have in Google Drive and thus better control everything you want to upload or store in your account.