If you work in Google Drive on a regular basis, you know that finding the URLs of Google files is as easy as copying them out from your browser’s address bar.
But what about non-Google files, like PDFs, image files, or Microsoft files that Google Drive shows a preview of? When you go up to the address bar for these, many times the URL is just that of the containing folder.
However, the files in the folder still have specific URLs; they are more hidden, but you can still find them!
Hint: You don’t have to open up access to the file with Get shareable link to find the URL. (As discussed in an earlier post, Get shareable link has ramifications for access control to your files.)
You can actually find a non-Google file’s direct URL in a couple of different ways:
A. From the Sharing window
- Go to Google Drive and locate your file.
- Right-click on the file’s name.
- If you right-clicked, click Share from the menu that opened.
- Click Advanced.
- The file’s direct link is the one highlighted in blue. You can copy-paste it.
ALTERNATIVELY
B. From the Open in new window option in file preview
- Go to Google Drive and locate your file.
- Double-click on the file’s name to open its preview.
- From the 3 dots in the top right corner,
- Click Open in new window OR
- Now you will see that the browser’s address bar is displaying the direct URL of the file. You can copy-paste it from the address bar.
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