How to Replace "Documents" on Windows With Google Drive

Replacing the Documents folder with Google Drive as the default folder for any documents you create works out great.

Here’s how to do that.

Now bring up thePropertiesdialog from the folder’s context menu or from the Explorer ribbon.

Next switch to theLocationtab inProperties.

There you’ll be able to see the current (default) location of the Documents folder.

select theMove… button beneath it.

Hit theOKbutton to finalize the configuration.

Now click onSet save locationand hitApplyto finalize the change.

And that’s that!

Any document you create going forward will end up in your Google Drive folder instead of the Documents folder.

Do you upload documents to your Google Drive manually?

Or have you set your Google Drive folder as the default for all documents?

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