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# Google Drive: Find and organize files faster!
- URL: https://www.jeffsu.org/productivity-ping-54/
- Published: 2022-11-18T00:30:27.000Z
- Updated: 2025-09-05T13:12:01.000Z
- Description: #54
- Author: Jeff
- Tags: #newsletter, Google Drive

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## 🔍 Quickly find the right files using “Locations”

We’ve all been there - You have a file open in Google Drive but can't remember which folder it's in

It's a PAIN to find that specific folder; you have to click the folder icon within the file to find the location THEN go back to Drive! 😰

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/db/85/db858a9d-1c4f-4993-8042-faa87b9bb3c1/content/images/2022/11/image-30.png)

**Here's a better way:** Under the “Location” column on the right, expand the folder hierarchy by clicking the 3 dots, and you can now click into any of the preceding folder directly!

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/db/85/db858a9d-1c4f-4993-8042-faa87b9bb3c1/content/images/2022/11/image-31.png)

This is also a GREAT way to differentiate between similarly named files stored in different locations!

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/db/85/db858a9d-1c4f-4993-8042-faa87b9bb3c1/content/images/2022/11/CleanShot-2022-11-15-at-19.40.26@2x.png)

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****Pro tip:** Star project folders you’re currently working on to navigate to them quickly. Just remember to un-star them after they’re done!

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/db/85/db858a9d-1c4f-4993-8042-faa87b9bb3c1/content/images/2022/11/image-32.png)

## ⌨️ Keyboard shortcut

- You can now use CMD+C and CMD+V (CTRL+C/V for Windows users) to copy and paste files within the web version of Google Drive!

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/db/85/db858a9d-1c4f-4993-8042-faa87b9bb3c1/content/images/2022/11/PP-53-gif.gif)

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