Google Drive is a handy place to store your data, and it comes with a regular Gmail account. You can get more out of it by tying it to Windows File Explorer.

If you want to keep your local files in sync with your Google Drive account, you can use a graphical or command-line method on your Windows 11 PC. I’ll show you how.

You can choose to stream or mirror files. Screenshot: Google If you open This PC in File Explorer or Home in Finder, you should see a link to your Google Drive and everything in it.

Over time, cloud storage services have evolved: It used to be that everywhere you installed Dropbox, or Google Drive, or whatever your client of choice was, you'd get all of your files synced to ...

You’ll go through a series of introduction slides, and after that, the wizard will guide you to the Google Drive folder in File Explorer (Windows) or Finder (macOS), and you’ll be able to ...

1] File Explorer options Windows does allow you to open File Explorer to OneDrive. Even not just OneDrive, the feature now works with other cloud storage services like iCloud or Google Drive.

Find out how to install Google Drive for desktop, and why it's important for anyone who needs an easy backup for their PC or Mac.