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title: How to upload a folder into Google Drive (desktop)
description: Learn how to upload a folder to Google Drive on desktop with this step-by-step guide. Ensure your files are organized and accessible easily.
---

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# [How to upload a folder into Google Drive (desktop)](https://thoughtsbrewing.com/blog/how-to-upload-a-folder-into-google-drive-desktop)

 Written by [Damien Griffin](https://thoughtsbrewing.com/blog/author/damien) | Dec 19, 2024, 1:45:00 PM

## Quick Checklist

- Open [Google Drive](https://drive.google.com)
- Login (if necessary)
- Navigate to where you want the folder to go (i.e., My Drive, Share Drive, etc.)
- Click **+New**
- Click **Folder upload** (a new window opens) 
- Select the folder from your computer
- Click **Open**
- Verify folder name and location

## Detailed Steps

### Open Google Drive

There are multiple ways to get there.  Here are the most common.

- Go to [https://drive.google.com](https://drive.google.com/)
- If you are already in a Google application like Gmail, click on the Google apps icon (nine dots in the upper right corner) and select Google Drive

 

### Login (if necessary)

*You can skip this step if you are already logged in to a Google application.*

If not, when you go to [https://drive.google.com](https://drive.google.com/) it will take you to Google’s login screen.

Log in with the account that you want to use.

### Navigate to where you want the folder to go

Once you are in Drive, you will need to decide where you want to put the folder and go there.

Usually, this is in My Drive or a Shared Drive.

Note - If you want this folder to be inside of another folder, make sure you go into that folder before moving to the next step

 

### Click +New

On the left side of the screen, under the Google Drive logo, there is a +New.  Click on it to open the menu of things that you can create.

### Click Folder upload

This will open a Folder Upload window.

### Select the folder that you want to upload and click Upload

You may get a security warning to make sure that you are uploading from a trusted source.  If so, click Upload.

### Verify folder name and location

Clicking Upload will upload the folder in the location that you are currently in.  It will be highlighted.  Take a second to verify that the name is what you want and that it is where you want it to be.

## Notes

- All contents of the folder will be uploaded with the folder.
- If the folder is empty, it will not be uploaded. 
    - It won’t have an error and may look like it worked, but the folder won’t be there.
- The default location for an uploaded folder is My Drive.  If you are in a location where you cannot upload a folder (i.e., Home, Recent, Trash, etc.), it will put the uploaded folder in My Drive.
- Once you are in the location where you want the folder, you can use the shortcut **Alt + C**, **then I** to bring up the folder upload window, select the folder, and upload the folder.

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