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By Joel Lee / March 24, 2018 24 03 2018
Google Drive is our favorite cloud
storage solution, not only because it
offers a massive 15GB limit for free
users, but because it seamlessly
integrates with Google Docs (which
happens to be our favorite Microsoft
Office alternative). It’s the best all-in-
one solution for office productivity, and
it gets even better when you start using
the following essential Google Drive
keyboard shortcuts:

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Navigation Actions

A Open the More Actions

menu for the currently
selected item

C Open the New Item menu

D Toggle the Details Pane

F Open the Folder actions

menu

I Toggle the Activity Pane

R Open the Sort menu

V
Open the Settings menu

Switch between grid and list

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/ Jump to Google Drive

search bar

General Actions

N Rename selected item

S Star or unstar selected item

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Z Move selected item to

another folder
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Enter Open selected item

Period Share selected item

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Shift + 3 Delete selected item

Shift + A Select all visible items

Shift + N Clear all selections

Shift + / Open list of all shortcuts

Ctrl + F Find

Ctrl + P Print

Ctrl + Z Undo last action

Ctrl + Redo last undone action

Shift + Z

Selection Actions

Down Select next item below

Arrow

Left Select next item to the left

Arrow

Right Select next item to the right

Arrow

Up Select next item above

Arrow

Shift + Include next item below in

Down current selection
Arrow

Shift + Include next item to the left

Left in current selection
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Right in current selection
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Shift + Include next item above in

Up current selection
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If you want to take your office

efficiency even further, check out our
article on organizing your Google
Drive like a pro, which has several
Google Drive tips like color coding,
advanced search, revision histories,
and more.

How to Organize Your

Google Drive Like a Pro
Google Drive's biggest benefits
are its advanced search features.
They can help you sort and
organize your files and you'll
always find what you need!
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