

Choose the file that you want to add to multiple folders.

Make sure that you can see both Folders and Files in the Menu.If you haven’t, here is a step-by-step guide: If you’ve done this before, the method didn’t change. You can achieve this by holding the ‘Ctrl’ button.

If you don’t want to use the hotkey, you can also move files via the drag-and-drop method. You can check this by looking at the file icon, there should be a shortcut symbol (small curved arrow) indicating that it was a shortcut copy. Make sure that you are deleting the shortcut and not the original one. If you just delete a file the usual way, you will automatically delete all the copies from all the folders. You can also delete the shortcut copies to get rid of unnecessary copies of your files. This will take you to where the original file is located.On the menu that will appear, select Show file location.To check the location of the original copy of the file, do the following: This way, you will have a copy of the same file in all the chosen folders. You can repeat this process for each folder where you want to move your file to. Now you have two copies of your file – one in your Google Drive menu, and one in the destination folder. Instead, a new copy or a shortcut was created and saved in the designated folder. Once you do this, you will notice that the file didn’t completely move. Click ‘Add Shortcut’ and the file will be moved to the folder you chose.Select a folder where you want to move the file.

