Google Drive on desktop is getting advanced search filters
Last month, Google launched the so-called ‘smart chips’ for Google Docs and Google Spreadsheets. Now the ‘search chips’ for the web version of Drive are added.
Advanced search filters in Drive
This feature was previously announced for Google Drive search, but is now available everywhere in Drive. Google hopes this will help you “find relevant files more quickly in any view.”
Google is introducing the ‘search chips’ in Drive that allow you to filter on criteria such as file type, owner and date of last modification. By filtering by these criteria, you can narrow your search results for files and find files faster in any view in Drive.
To use the search filters, you must first enter a search term and then click on the search button. You then use the filters to find the right file in your search results. You can search in Drive based on the following filters:
- File type
- People
- Location (of the file in Drive, ed.)
- Last modified
- Title only
- To do
Each of these categories has a drop-down menu that you can use to filter. For example, in the case of ‘File type’ you can choose from a Google Doc, a PDF or an image. Using the gif below you can already see which option you will find in each dropdown menu. You can also remove filters and that works individually or with all filters at once.
Google Drive search filters are rolling out starting today and will be fully available to all Google Workspace customers, including G Suite Basic, Business, and personal Google accounts, in the coming weeks
