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How much can you store in Google Drive?

                 Google gives you 15 GB of free cloud storage just when you sign up for the first time. You can upgrade
                 it to more space if needed by paying some amount. This free space is shared between your mails,
                 photos, data on your drive, etc. on all your Google apps. You should never sync your hard disk data to
                 Google drive. That way you are unnecessarily keeping two copies of all your files and using precious
                 space. You should make sure that your Inbox and Google Drive are not cluttered with unnecessary
                 files. You will soon run out of the cloud space that you have free of cost.


                                                             Tech Fact
                     Sync means one data at two different locations. You have a file in your personal computer.
                     You can sync the same file to Google Drive so that you can access it even when you do not
                                                        have your computer.




                 How does it work?

                 Perform the following steps to use the Google Drive:

                 Step 1:  Login to your Gmail account.
                 Step 2:   On the top right side of the window, you will see a dotted square called
                         Google apps     . This is also known as Google apps hub. Click on the
                         square. A menu appears with the names and icons of various Google
                         apps.

                 Step 3:   Click on Google Drive icon. Google Drive opens in a new tab or a new
                         window in your browser. On the left-hand side of the browser window
                         is a Navigation pane. The Navigation pane has the following options:
                                                                                                     Google Apps
                            New: It helps to view, manage and upload files or folders from your

                           computer and mobile device to Google Drive.
                           My Drive: It helps to view and manage files stored on your Google Drive.
                            Shared with me: It helps to view and manage files and folders that have been shared with

                           you by others.
                           Recent: It helps to view the recent Google Drive activity.

                           Starred: It helps to view all your favourite or important files.
                            Trash: It helps to view deleted items. The deleted files stay in Trash for 60 days before they
                           are deleted permanently from Google Drive.

                            Storage: It helps to view how much space is being used by the files and folders in Google
                           Drive. You can also see how much space a particular file occupies in the drive.
                           Buy Storage: It shows different plans of buying space.

                 Step 4:  To upload your files, click on the New button.





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