Go to drive.google.com . Log into your Google account with your username and password. Learn how to recover your username or password. Learn how to recover your username or password. Double-click a file. If you open a Google Doc, Sheet, Slides presentation, Form, or Drawing, it will open using that application. If you open a video, Microsoft Office file, audio file, or photo, it will open in Google Drive. If you open a shared Gemini chat, canvas, or generated media file, it will redirect and open the file within the Gemini web app. This applies to Workspace accounts using Drive on the web. Open PDFs in a new tab: This opens the PDF file in a separate browser tab. Open PDFs in preview mode in the same tab: This displays the PDF directly in the Drive interface. Open a file using a different app Go to drive.google.com . Log into your Google account with your username and password. Learn how to recover your username or password. Learn how to recover your username or password. Right-click a file. Place your cursor over Open with . Open Microsoft Office files in web editors Important: Admins for Business & Enterprise accounts must enable 'Microsoft Office for the Web' integration in the Admin Console.

You can open Microsoft Office documents directly in Microsoft's web-based editor applications. You can open files in the following ways: Drive: Use the Open with context menu. Select Open with from the file preview. Double-click the file if it is your default app. Use the Open with context menu. Select Open with from the file preview. Double-click the file if it is your default app. Editors: Select the file extension chip next to the name of the doc. Select the file extension chip next to the name of the doc. Gmail: Open from the attachment preview. Open from the attachment preview. Related articles Share files from Google Drive Stop or change how a file is shared Delete and restore files in Google Drive Find files shared with you Need more help? Try these next steps: To get the latest tips, tricks, and how-to's, subscribe to our YouTube Channel .