The only conclusion I’ve come to is that Google doesn’t really care? And that a team forgot to include this feature? And now we all have to live in this weird world where this incredibly popular bit of technology doesn’t have some basic functionality? I’ve spent a bit of time pondering the inability to copy folders in Google Drive and, for the life of me, haven’t been able to work out why this isn’t a feature. Especially as there’s no easy way to mass rename files on the Google suite. Of course though, each of those copied documents will have the dreaded “COPY OF ” format, which is an absolute arseache to reformat. If you want to duplicate an entire folder, the only way to do this in Google Drive without extensions is to literally copy every single document and then move those into a new folder. NAY! LET ME COPY FOLDERS IN GOOGLE DRIVE GODDAMN. In that menu, you’d expect to see something like “copy” or “duplicate” or “replicate,” but nay. Open up Google Drive and right click on a folder. They should be identical.Give it a try yourself. You can confirm this by right-clicking on each instance of the file, selecting Get shareable link, and comparing the links. You’ve basically created a link in each folder that references the master file, which remains in its original location in Drive. Note that you haven’t actually moved the file or created a copy. Repeat these steps to copy the file to each additional folder.To create a new folder, press the icon of a folder with a plus sign. Scroll to the folder in which you want to place the document, select it, click Add here.This will bring up a list of all the folders and files stored in your Drive account. In the Drive window that pops up, select My Drive.With the file(s) selected, press Shift-Z.For multiple files, hold the Ctrl key in Windows or the Command key in Mac OS while selecting each one. Use the Shift-Z command to add a file to another folder without moving the original.
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