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Google Drive Basics

Contents

  1. 1 Google Drive icons and buttons
    1. 1.1 Icons in Google Drive on the web
  2. 2 Google Drive is the new home for Google Docs
  3. 3 Google Drive folder
  4. 5 Shared with me
  5. 6 About 'Trash'
    1. 6.1 Remove files, folders, and Google Docs


Google Drive icons and buttons

Match your file types to icons and learn what the action buttons in Google Drive mean.
Google Drive on the web and Google Drive for your Mac/PC have icons next to the file or folder title to indicate what type of file it is. In your Google Drive (on the web), you'll also find buttons to take an action, such as sharing, on an item in your Google Drive.

Icons in Google Drive on the web

Google Docs icons
Here are all of the icons for Google Doc types that you'll find in Google Drive on the web:

Icons for other files types

Many of these icons will look familiar, as they're a close match to the icons that you'll find on your desktop.

Action buttons in Google Drive

Google Drive on the web also has a variety of buttons that let you take action on your files and folders. Hover your mouse over one of these icons to see text describing the button's action.
Here are the action buttons you'll see when you don't have any files or folders selected:
Here are the action buttons you'll see when you have any files or folders selected:

Icons in Google Drive for your Mac/PC

Icons in Google Drive for your Mac/PC closely resemble their online counterparts. Google Docs synced to your Google Drive folder are identical, and they'll show a green check mark over the icon when they're successfully synced.
Other file types will have icons identical to how they show on your desktop. They too will show a green check mark when they're successfully synced.

Google Drive is the new home for Google Docs

Your files are now stored in Google Drive, and you can access them anytime at drive.google.com. Just like before, you can upload, edit, share, and create files online. But with Google Drive, you can access your files wherever you are, from any device. And you can work with even more file types by installing Google Drive apps.
To access all of your files, folders, and Google Docs, you have three options:
  1. Sign into Google Drive on the web at drive.google.com.
  2. Open the Google Drive folder on your computer (created when you install Google Drive for your Mac or PC).
  3. Go to the Google Drive mobile app on your Android or iOS device.

What's the same

If you've used Google Docs, some things in Google Drive will be familiar.
  • Create Google Docs by clicking the red Create button.
  • Share with exactly who you want — without email attachments.
  • Search or sort your list of files, folders, and Google Docs.
  • Preview files and Google Docs.

What's changed

  • Collections are now called folders.
  • More things have been added to the Settings menu, including upload settings.
  • The left navigation has new views:
    • My Drive
    • Shared with me
    • Activity
  • The Home view is gone. Instead, use My Drive to organize all of your files, folders, and Google Docs.

What's completely new

  • Sync files between all of your devices with Google Drive for your Mac or PC.
  • View and search Google Drive on the web in a visual way with grid view.
  • Add a file to a folder by clicking the folder icon within a file or Google document, spreadsheet, or presentation.
  • Work with more file types by installing Google Drive apps from the Chrome Web Store.

Use Google Drive with other Google products

  • Share a photo stored in Google Drive directly in Google+.
  • Search for images using keywords — without tagging your photos. Google Drive uses Google Goggles technology to recognize familiar things and places.

Google Drive folder

The Google Drive folder is like other folders on your computer.. with a few extras.
Google Drive for your Mac/PC is an application that installs a folder on your computer not unlike other folders on your computer. Except for one big difference: automatic syncing with Google Drive on the web.

Like other folders on your computer

Google Drive for your Mac/PC behaves like any other folder on your computer, so that you can take many of the actions on your files and folders that you would with folders stored locally on your computer:
  • Drag files in and out of the folder
  • Rename files
  • Move files and folders around
  • Edit and save
  • Move to trash
Most of the files and folders in your Google Drive folder are available even when you don't have an Internet connection.

With a few extras..

The difference with Google Drive for your Mac/PC is that any changes you make locally in this folder are mirrored in My Drive (part of Google Drive on the web). That means anything you share, move, modify, or put in the trash will be reflected in My Drive the next time your computer syncs.

Google Drive for your Mac/PC puts you in control. Choose which folders to sync from My Drive to your computer.

About 'My Drive'

My Drive is the section of Google Drive on the web that automatically syncs files, folders, and Google Docs directly to your Google Drive folder (if you have theGoogle Drive for your Mac/PC application installed). Any time you update a file, folder of Google Doc in My Drive these changes will be mirrored in the local versions in your Google Drive folder.
My Drive includes:
  • Google Docs that you own
  • Files that you've synced or uploaded
  • Folders that you've created, synced, or uploaded
  • Any shared file that you've added to My Drive from Shared with me or All items
Choose what files to sync between My Drive and the Google Drive folder on your computer.

Shared with me

Shared with me lets you view the files, folders, and Google Docs that collaborators have shared with you. You'll be able to view files, folders, and Google Docs in the order they were last modified along with these details:
  • Time stamps recording the last time a collaborator saved something
  • Owner of the file, folder, or Google Doc
  • Unviewed items in bold

What's in 'Shared with me'

Shared with me only lists files, folders, and Google Docs that include your email address in their 'Share settings.'
You won't see files in this view with share settings set to 'Anyone with the link' or 'Public.' Instead, try searching your Google Drive or looking for these items in the All items view.

Syncing shared files

Unless something shared with you is stored in My Drive, it won't sync. Here's how to add something from Shared with me to My Drive:
  • ClickShared with me.
  • Select files, folders, or Google Docs.
  • Click the Add to My Drive button. The selected files will automatically sync to the Google Drive folder on your computer.

About 'Trash'

Declutter your Google Drive by removing unwanted and outdated files, folders, and Google Docs from your Google Drive. Anything that you own and remove from Google Drive will be in the trash until you permanently delete or restore them.

Remove files, folders, and Google Docs

Want to tidy the views in your Google Drive? Remove files, folders, and Google Docs from Google Drive.

Online

  1. Go to drive.google.com and select a view.
  2. Select files and folders to remove from Google Drive.
  3. Click the Trash icon .
  • If you're the owner, the item will be moved to Trash in Google Drive on the web (and on your computer, if you've chosen to sync it). All collaborators will lose access if the item gets permanently deleted.
  • If you're not the owner, the item will be removed from your current view in Google Drive on the web. For example, if you are looking at the Activity view and choose toRemove an item, then it will be removed from Activity view but still be available under All Items. The owner of the file will continue to have access to it, you are only removing it from your view.

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  1. Open your Google Drive folder.
  2. Select and drag files and folders you want to delete to your computer's trash.
    • If you're the owner, the item will be moved to the trash on your computer and in Google Drive on the web/mobile. All collaborators will lose access if the item gets permanently deleted.
    • If you're not the owner, the item will be removed from the Google Drive folder on your computer. You'll still be able to access it in Shared with me or All Items in Google drive on the web.
Removing items from Google Drive on the web will only be reflected on all synced devices if they're removed from My Drive and you've chosen to sync them.

Moving Google Docs files out of your Google Drive folder will cause their counterpart files on the web to be moved to the trash. If you then purge the trash, those files will become permanently inaccessible. Because the Docs files in your Drive folder are essentially links to files that exist online, moving these files back into your Drive folder after purging the trash online will not restore the files, as their online counterparts will have been deleted.

Permanently delete files, folders, and Google Docs that you own

Running low on storage space in Google Drive or want to permanently delete something that you own? It's time to empty the trash.
Removing something from Google Drive revokes access for everyone. Before you delete a Google Doc, file or folder, consider giving ownership to another collaborator.

One of the first things that we do when we get a new phone is to move our contacts, media, and app data such as WhatsApp from our old phone. The only problem is that if you're an Android user moving to an iPhone, there isn't a program designed by the likes of iTunes which can be used for cross-platform transfer of app data.

That being said, something that many WhatsApp users want to do - change to a new phone without losing WhatsApp data, especially when you back up the WhatsApp data from the old Android through Google Drive and prefer to change a new iPhone - is not that easy.

The Google Drive app on iOS and Android features a similar Quick Access area and the huge thumbnails feel even worse on a smaller screen. Time to remove it ASAP. Fortunately, removing it on. Google Drive on the web and Google Drive for your Mac/PC have icons next to the file or folder title to indicate what type of file it is. In your Google Drive (on the web), you'll also find buttons. Going back to Google's old icons on iOS. Luckily, you can restore the old-school icons for Gmail, Drive, Meet, Calendar and all the other updated Google icons on any device.

In this article we'll give you tips on how to restore WhatsApp from Google Drive to iPhone and how to manage your WhatsApp data on the iPhone whether you use iOS 14 or older versions.

Can I Restore WhatsApp Messages from Google Drive to iPhone?

In short, YES you can restore WhatsApp messages from Google Drive to iPhone, but not directly.

Google services are always the best choice to back up, manage, and share stuff when we use Android phones. It's also the official choice of backing up WhatsApp data. However, it will be harder if you hope to restore WhatsApp from Google Drive directly to an iPhone. Without overcomplicating things, the encryption protocols which are used by Google Drive aren't compatible with the iOS system. For the WhatsApp backup on Google Drive there is only a line telling you that when the backup was made, you wouldn't be able to see any of the WhatsApp data in it.

Transferring WhatsApp messages from Android to iPhone using Google Drive and transferring from Google Drive to iCloud directly is not an option either. If you are looking for a way to transfer WhatsApp messages from Android to iPhone and the WhatsApp messages are already backed up on Google Drive, keep reading.


Restore WhatsApp from Google Drive to iPhone in 2 Steps

In this part I will introduce how to flexibly restore WhatsApp from Google Drive to iPhone. Since restoring directly from Google Drive to iPhone is impossible, you will need an Android device and the iPhone you are transferring the WhatsApp messages to.

Step 1 Restore WhatsApp backup from Google Drive to an Android device

Google Drive only shows you if there is a backup file on it, and the time the backup was made. In order to make the WhatsApp backup on Google Drive available for moving and reading we use an Android device to restore the Google Drive WhatsApp backup to it.

  1. Install WhatsApp on one Android device. If the app is already on the device, delete and reinstall it.
  2. Go through the setup process and verify your phone number. Make sure that it is the same number you used to create the Google Drive WhatsApp backup.
  3. WhatsApp will detect the Google Drive backup as soon as the verification is complete. Click 'Restore' and wait for the backup to be restored to the Android device.


Step 2. Transfer/export WhatsApp messages to iPhone

Two options will be provided: one helps you to seamlessly transfer WhatsApp messages from Android to iPhone. All the data will be transferred to the WhatsApp app on your iPhone. You can continue chatting with your contacts. The other option is a free one - you will be able to read the WhatsApp messages on the iPhone, but only in text files, not in the WhatsApp app.

Option 1. One click to transfer WhatsApp messages from Android to iPhone

The first option is to transfer WhatsApp messages from Android to iPhone directly. All the WhatsApp chats will be transferred to your iPhone as original WhatsApp data. You can reply, delete, and share the messages and media files as usual. The tool we will be using is iTransor for WhatsApp. It is capable of transferring WhatsApp messages from one phone to another with a 100% success rate. It works with all the iOS versions starting with iOS 9.0, including the newest iOS 14.

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iTransor for WhatsApp offers a free backup and export/restore-preview feature your iOS/Android WhatsApp/WA Business messages (including text messages, images, audios, documents, etc.) and even restores the backup to your iPhone/Android without uninstalling the WhatsApp application. To transfer the WhatsApp directly to iPhone from your Android:

Step 1. Open iTransor for WhatsApp and click on 'Transfer WhatsApp between Devices'. Connect the Android and the iPhone to a PC. Turn on the developer option > USB debugging on the Android phone and change the USB settings to transfer files/photos (MTP/PTP). The iPhone will ask you to trust the computer and you might need to enter a passcode.

Step 2.Click on 'Transfer' and keep the devices connected during the transfer. You will be asked to do a local backup of your Android phone in the first step and then log into the same WhatsApp account on your iPhone to grant access to the WhatsApp data.

Step 3. Once the process is complete, the iPhone will reboot. Open WhatsApp on the iPhone and all the data will be there.


Option 2. Export WhatsApp messages from Android to iPhone with email

The second option is totally free and provided by WhatsApp. This option is a bit more complicated because there are limitations such as that you can only export one chat at a time and only the latest 40,000 messages of this chat will be exported (10,000 if you attach media files with messages).

Moreover, it won't actually transfer the WhatsApp messages. Instead you will view them as a text document through a file reader on your phone, rather than in the WhatsApp app. If you'd still prefer to transfer your WhatsApp chat histories by emailing them to your new iPhone, follow the steps.

Step 1. Unlock your iPhone and tap on the WhatsApp application to open it.

Step 2. Tap on the chat that you want to transfer and then on the group chat name or the contact's name at the top of the display.

Step 3. Browser setup free download. Swipe down and tap on 'Export Chat'. You'll be given the option to attach your media.

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Best browser for gaming on facebook. Step 4. Select the 'Mail' option, enter your email address into the email box, and tap 'Send'.

As I said before, the export chat feature only allows you to export one chat at a time and it is unavailable for German users due to some policy. iTransor for WhatsApp has an export chat funtion which allows to selectively export some or all WhatsApp chats at once.


Below is a conclusion chart to compare the two options. Hope this will move you another step forward to help.

Restore to WhatsApp Account
Yes
Complex
Required Time
Short

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