There are 5 methods on how to upload files to shared Google Drive, just find the step-by-step guides to upload files to Google Drive shared folder and deal with Google Drive storage full while uploading.
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"I do social media for a company, and they created a Drive folder and asked me to upload all of the pictures I have so everyone can access them. The files are taking up space on my personal Google drive, and I will not be able to upload everything because I only have 15GB of storage. How can I move the files from my Google Drive upload to shared folder so that they don't take up space on my account?"
As one of the most popular cloud storage services in the world, Google Drive is also an excellent collaboration tool. Anyone can work collaboratively with others by sharing files and folders. By default, people who are sharing files and folders have editing permissions. For files, this means they can make changes; for folders, it means they can organize folders, edit files, and add content.
However, many collaborators said that they don’t know how to upload files to shared Google Drive. This is actually very easy to solve. The operation method is similar to uploading files to Google Drive. The specific steps will be introduced in the next content.
In the following, you will learn how to upload files to Google Drive shared folder from computer in 3 ways. The first two methods allow you to manually upload files on the Google Drive web app. The third method can help you automatically upload files to the shared Google Drive. Read on and choose a method based on your needs.
Shared folders will be displayed in the Google Drive interface. Users can use File Upload feature to upload the required files, then move to these files to the Google Drive shared folder. The specific steps on how to upload files to Google Drive shared folder are as follows:
For Google Drive users
Step 1. Go to drive.google.com and log in to your Google Drive account.
Step 2. Tap + New button at the top left corner, then choose File Upload, and select the files to upload. These files will be stored in My Drive folder.
Step 3. Open My Drive folder, choose these files and opt Move to,
Step 4. Tap the left arrow, select Shared with me and double click it, choose the Google Drive shared folder (here is Dropbox folder), hit Move > Move, then Google Drive upload to shared folder successfully.
For Google Workspace (G Suite) users
Step 1. Go to drive.google.com and log in to your Google Drive account.
Step 2. click a Google Drive shared drive folder, tap + New and File Upload to add files to Google Drive shared folder.
Way 2. Drag Files Directly into Google Drive
This method is also carried out on the Google Drive webpage, continue reading to learn how to add files to Google Drive shared folder by dragging.
Step 1. Log in to drive.google.com with your Google Drive account.
Step 2. Click Shared with me, navigate to the folder where you want to upload the file, and then open the local folder, and drag the file to the Google Drive shared folder.
How to add file to shared Google Drive automatically? Using the desktop client program Google Backup and Sync can also easily upload files to shared folders.
Step 1. Install the Google Backup and Sync on your computer.
Step 2. On your computer, you will see a folder called Google Drive.
Step 3. Drag the files to that folder. They will be uploaded to My Drive folder at drive.google.com. Then move the files to shared Google Drive.
The steps to upload files to Google Drive shared folder from Android phone listed below:
1. On your Android phone, open the Google Drive app.
2. Tap Add.
3. Tap Upload, find and tap the files you want to upload.
4. Then use your computer to open drive.google.com to view uploaded files in My Drive.
5. Then move to the Google Drive shared folder.
1. Open the Google Drive app in your iPhone.
2. At the bottom right corner, tap the colorful add icon "+".
3. Select Upload, then select the photos, videos, audios to upload to Google Drive.
4. Then move to Google Drive shared folder.
Whether you use Google Drive as a data storage or a collaboration tool, we do not recommend that you use it as an option to back up your data. Especially when the folder is shared with others, the data is likely to be lost due to the operation of others. To avoid this situation, you need to back up your Google Drive in advance. It is best to back up Google Drive to the cloud to avoid local threats.
We recommend that you use the reliable cloud backup tool - CBackupper web version to backup the Google Drive files to another cloud storage account (such as OneDrive, Dropbox, FTP/SFTP, etc.). Besides, it provides many useful and flexible backup functions, such as scheduled backup, which supports you to set a specific time for automatic backup tasks, enable email notification, keep file versions, etc.
Let's take OneDrive as an example to show you how to backup Google Drive to OneDrive using CBackupper.
Step 1. Go to the main page of CBackupper, create a free CBackupper account, and sign in.
Step 2. Click Add Cloud under the Added Clouds tab, select Google Drive and OneDrive and click Add. Then sign in your account and authorize CBackupper to access your files.
Step 3. Select the Backup Tasks tab at the left side, then click New Task.
Step 4. Customze the Task Name, click the Add Source button to add Google Drive, and click the Add Destination button to add OneDrive.
Step 5. Click Start Backup to transfer Google Drive to OneDrive.
Tip: Settings allows you to create a schedule backup to automatically backup once, daily, weekly, or monthly,and you could enable email notification and keep file verisons, etc.
If you usually use Google Drive for backups or sharing files, 15GB of storage space will quickly run out. Whether in terms of cost performance or software features, you can turn to cloud backup services CBackupper that provide more professional backup methods and more reasonable backup space, which is focusing on PC to cloud backup. It provides you 15-day free trial for each registrant and 1000 GB of cloud space for storage only $6 per month:
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1. Download and install it on your computer, sign up and log in with your CBackupper account.
2. Click on the Tasks > New Task button subsequently.
3. Click the Add Source button to select the PC files that you want to backup to AOMEI Cloud. Then, hit Start Backup button.
If you are the same as the case at the begining, the Google Drive full and no enough storage to upload all files to Google Drive shared folder. Because upload files to Google Drive will take up space in your Drive, even if upload to a shared Google Drive owned by someone else. What should you do?
Try the following ways to free up space for Google Drive:
Ask the owner of the Google Drive shared folder to make a copy of the files you uploaded, Then delete the files from Google Drive uploaded by you. Then transfer the remaining pictures, videos, audio, etc. (Because copying files will transfer ownership to the person who make the copies)
Ask the owner of the Google Drive shared folder download the files to their own computer hard disk. Then delete the files you uploaded before, and continue upload the remaining files.
Let the owner of the Google Drive shared folder give you the Google Drive username and password. Then upload all files to shared Google Drive(Their own Google Drive). (Not Recommended)
Besides, if the Google Drive storage full and want to keep all the uploaded files and folders on cloud without upgrade, you could transfer Google Drive to another account or other clouds for free via CBackupper.
That’s all about how to upload files to shared Google Drive, you can try these methods to add files to Google Drive shared folder with ease from computer, Android phone, or iPhone. Meanwhile, don’t forget to backup Google Drive to another cloud storage with CBackupper in case of loss of data. If you have multiple cloud drive accounts, it also can help you merge all accounts into one for larger backup space and better management.
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