Open Files . On the left, choose where your file is saved. For files you’ve just used, select Recent. You can sort recent files by name, size, type, or date. To search for your saved file, in the upper right, select Search . For Android app files, under "My files," select Play files.

With Google Drive on the web, you can view things like videos, PDFs, Microsoft Office files, audio files, and photos. Important: If you try to open a suspicious file, you may get a warning message. Use caution if you open the file.

On your Android device, open Files by Google . Under the Recents section, you can view your recently added, downloaded, and modified files. Under the Categories section, you can tap a category to see files from that category in a list. To change how the files display, tap Grid view . To go back to a list, tap List view .

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All your deleted files are listed in “Trash.” To find out how long ago files were added to the “Trash,” you can sort files by their “Trashed date” date. To restore a file: Right-click the file. Click Restore. Tip: Deleted files are stored in the Trash for 30 days before they’re deleted forever.

When you use Drive for desktop with Microsoft Office 2010 or later, real-time presence for Office files lets multiple people edit the same files without version issues. When you store an Office file in Drive for desktop and share it with people who turn on real-time presence, you get an alert when someone makes a change.

To view files that you've created or opened on any computer and other documents like Microsoft® Word, Excel or PowerPoint files: On your computer, open a Google Docs, Sheets, Slides or Vids home screen. Click the document, spreadsheet, presentation or video that you want to view.

Click All saved items. Move a saved item to a collection. On your computer, go to the Interests page. Click All saved items. At the top right, click Select. Choose the items that you want to move to a collection. Click Copy . Select a collection from the list or add a new one. Edit a saved item. Important: Saved items must be in a collection to ...

In the Offline section, check the Create, open and edit your recent Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides files on this device while offline box. Click Done . Right-click a file and turn on Available offline .

Attachments won't open or download Important: If the sender turned on confidential mode, you won't be able to copy or download the message text and attachments. If attachments won't upload or download, try these steps in order: