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Google Drive: Make a Copy of Files

Google Drive: Make a Copy of Files

Owned by Tyler Kron-Piatek
May 07, 2024
2 min read

In Google Drive, it may be useful to copy files, particularly files that originate from students. The following steps will work for any file stored in Google Drive, both Google (Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, etc.) and non-Google (PDF’s, images, etc.).

1

Right-click on a file we want to copy. In the menu that appears, select Make a copy.

 

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Highlighting Make a copy in the menu that appears after right-clicking on a file.

 

2

Immediately upon clicking this, a copy of the file will be created. This new file will have the name of “Copy of Name of Original File”. For example, original file: MyHomework01. The copied file will be: Copy of MyHomework01.

 

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Showing that a copy of the file was immediately made

 

3

To rename the file, right-click on it. Select Rename in the menu that appears.

 

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Highlighting the Rename option in the menu that appears after right-clicking on a file

 

4

Rename the file. Then select OK.

 

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Showing the Rename dialog

 

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