Add a shortcut to your Google Drive

About: If you frequently access a Shared folder or file in your Google Drive, you can create a shortcut to it so that you can quickly access the folder or file from your My Drive. Creating a shortcut also allows you to access Shared folders or files in your G: drive on your computer via Google Drive for Desktop. To learn more about Shortcuts, see this help article from Google.

	Open Google Drive  Go to drive.google.com in your web browser
	Locate the file or folder you'd like to create a shortcut for
	Add shortcut to Drive In the example below, I am opening the Shared with me section in Google Drive, then selecting a folder that someone else shared with me. Right click the file or folder. Hover over Organize. Click Add shortcut to Drive.
	Choose where to save the shortcut You can save the shortcut to your My Drive, Shared drives, or to a subfolder of those.
	Use the shortcut Now you can quickly access this folder by opening the Shortcut in drive.google.com OR in my G: drive on my computer. Shortcuts via drive.google.com: Shortcuts via Google Drive for Desktop (G: drive):

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