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How to Copy Google Drive Files on Android

This wikiHow teaches you how to select multiple files on Google Drive and save copies of them to a selected folder, using Android. Open the Google Drive app on your Android. The Drive icon looks like a triangle with yellow, blue, and green...

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    Open the Google Drive app on your Android. The Drive icon looks like a triangle with yellow, blue, and green edges. You can find it on the Apps menu.
    1. If you're not automatically signed in to Drive on your Android, you will have to enter your email and your password to log in with your Google account.
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    Tap and hold a file. This will select the file, and put a blue checkmark on its icon.
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    Tap and select all the files you want to copy. All the selected files will display a blue checkmark. You can select as many files as you want.
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    Tap the three dots icon. This button is on a toolbar at the bottom of your screen. It will open a pop-up menu.
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    Select Send a copy on the menu. This option will open a new pop-up window, and let you select an app to share your selected files.
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    Select Save to Drive. This option will allow you to copy all the selected files, and save a copy of each one in your Drive storage.
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    Tap the email address under the Account heading. This option will allow you to select a different email if you want to save your copied files to a different account's Drive.
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    Tap the folder name under the Folder heading. This option will let you change the destination folder for your copied files if you want to save them in a different folder than your default selection.
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    Tap the blue SAVE button. This button is in the lower-right corner of the pop-up window. It will copy all the selected files, and save the copies to your selected destination folder.
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