How to create a folder in Google Drive (on your computer)

Summary Steps

• Go to https://drive.google.com
• Login if prompted
• Go to where you want to create the folder
• Click on New
• Click on New Folder
• Name the folder
• (optional) Change the color of the folder

Detailed Steps

Go to the Site

• Open your preferred web browser
• Type in https://drive.google.com
  • Or click the link
• If this doesn’t take you to Drive or a login screen, you may have to click on Go To Drive

Login

• Login using your Google account if you are not logged in already
  • If you don’t have a Google account, then click on Create account and follow the instructions to make one
• This is what Drive looks like when you log in
• There’s a lot going on but it’s not that bad if you focus on one thing at a time

Where Will This Folder Live?

• If you know where you want to put the folder, navigate to that location
• Otherwise the folder will be created in My Drive
  • You can always move it after you create it as necessary,

Create the Folder

• Click on + New (left side of the screen)
• A dropdown menu will appear
• Click on New Folder
• A New Folder window will appear
  
• Name the folder and click Create
  

That’s it!  Now you have a new folder in whatever location you navigated to earlier.  The default location is My Drive, so if you can’t find it, look there first.

Optional Step - Style the folder 

If you want to change the color of the folder for organization, follow these steps

• Navigate to the folder
• Right-click on the folder
  • This will bring up a menu
    
• Select Organize
  • This will bring up a menu to the right
• Select the desired color from the Folder color section of the menu
  
• Now your folder will be a new color