Make Searching Easier With Google Drive S New Search Tools

And Google Drive makes storage convenient. Google drive has now introduced new search tools to help its users to find file in the cluttered cloud storage. Good drive has been proved as an efficient way to store, without taking us any extra space in the phone. Storing files was easy till now but searching for a file in that space was a real botheration. Not anymore! Good Drive has introduced new search tools. With the new search tools you don’t have to search every nook and cranny. The new search tools in Drive assist you to locate a file amongst the thousands of files accumulated by the user. Read on to comprehend how can the new search tools be used in Drive

How can Drive’s Advanced search tools be used

Good Drive’s advanced search tools can be utilised when the search needs to be narrowed by more specific criteria. Narrowing your search and/or typing in Boolean search operators can help you more efficiently find your files & folders. Search chips on Drive are everything you need in order to narrow your search. To see the search chip feature, you need to be on the web version of Google Drive

To narrow your search results

Click on the down arrow to the search boxA drop down will appearIt will allow you to narrow your search by Fine type, Opens with and Ownership

Build advance search options

Include search operators and build more advanced search with the following advanced search options

1. Search term Using this search option will sort all the files. The user will only see the files with the term typed in the search bar.
2. OR This option will show Files that include at least one of the word. While giving a title, if you have used this words, it will get easier for you to find the file without having to type the whole title. It will show one of the words used.
3. AND Using “And” again, will sort the files and documents but this search option will show files that include both words used as a title.
4. From If you need information about the sender or maybe you can’t recollect the title, this search option is a life saver. This option takes you to the files which are shared by a person.
5. TO On the contrary to FROM, this search option makes it easy for you to find with whom was the file shared. Once you type “TO” , all the files which were sent will appear.
6. OWNER Owner option will show the ownership of a particular file. It becomes very easy to keep a record of different files being sent or received.
7. IS STARRED Searching for files in Drive can be very exhausting as there are a number of files. To avoid the hustle you can simply mark the files starred. It would be flagged automatically. And you would be able to keep important files within reach.
8. TYPE This search option in Drive lets you search the file type. For instance, you can type  PDF to get access to all the PDF files existing in Drive
9. Before YYYY/MM/DD  AFTER YYYY/MM/DD This advanced search tools of Google Drive will show the files modified between the given dates. If you know the date of date range that the file was modified, you can refine your search.
10. TITLE This option lets you search file by simply typing the title of file. Or you could just type a keyword and your work is done

Search Google Drive by File Type

When you click on the search bar, a list of file types appear below the search box. Here you can filter your file type in the Drive. You can also filter by file type with additional parameters using the advanced search tool. Click on More Search Tools a the bottom of the search box, OR click the drop-down arrow at the end of the search box and select the type of file you are looking for from the list. You can filter your search by following file types These are simple and easy to go search tools yin Drive and make your work efficient. These tools can help save time as well. Along with the search operations shown about, we have some bonus tricks for you.

Add a file to multiple folders in Google Drive

You can add files to multiple folders in Google Drive with a keyboard shortcut: Shift + Z.

Create a shortcut to a file or folder in Google Drive

If you want to access a file from more than one folder, add a shortcut. To add a shortcut to a file or folder, right-click it, and select Add shortcut to Drive. Then you’ll be able to navigate to the folder you want the shortcut to live. And by clicking on the shortcut, the folder will be opened in it’s prime location.

Use the priority section to create a workspace

You can use the Priority section of Google Drive to accumulate sets of files that you wish to accept in one go. To do so, Click priority> create workspace. The search tool in Drive saves a lot of time. Also, it makes the work efficient and enables better management. The search chips are all we need to have access to the files we want. We can surely call this new tool a life saver.