Keep your Drive clean, organized, and easy to navigate—with folders, names, and colours that work for you.
Clear folder names, colour-coding, and a bit of sorting now will save you so much time later—especially when you’re juggling multiple units, classes, or grades.
Use a predictable naming structure. We like [year-month-day file name]: 2025-06-11 Google Drive Tips
Secondary-Click → Organize → Folder Colour to visually sort folders (ex: Green = Math, Blue = ELA)
Move files into folders by drag-and-drop or Secondary-Click → Move to
Hold ⌘ and click multiple files at select an assortment of files
Hold Shift and click multiple files to select a range of files
Colour Code a folder.
Move a file into a folder
Drag a file into a folder.
Try it yourself ✨ Adding emojis to the names of important files can also make them easier to find! 🍀 Bring up the emoji window by tapping the fn key 🌐.