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# Google Drive: Use Invisible Tags
- URL: https://www.jeffsu.org/productivity-ping-91/
- Published: 2023-05-12T01:00:35.000Z
- Updated: 2025-09-05T13:06:25.000Z
- Description: #91
- Author: Jeff
- Tags: #newsletter, Google Drive

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## Tag Drive documents “in secret”

For shared documents within Google Drive, you might not be able to name the file or folder if it’s not owned by you:

- For example my manager would name a document **“QBR for GRCN 2023”** but I usually start with the year **“20230523 GRCN QBR...”**

For these types of situations, you can add a tag in the description field:

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/db/85/db858a9d-1c4f-4993-8042-faa87b9bb3c1/content/images/2023/05/image-12.png)

The best part? You can search for that description in the Google Drive search bar and it’ll still show up in the results!

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/db/85/db858a9d-1c4f-4993-8042-faa87b9bb3c1/content/images/2023/05/image-13.png)

## ⌨️ Keyboard shortcut

- Press “d” with a Google Drive file or folder selected to bring up the Details sidebar

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