Google Drive adding new and updating current search operators
Google Drive adding new and updating current search operators. Although Google Drive offers a GUI flexibility interface, power users often take advantage of search operators to save time. Therefore, a change to “Make it easier to find shared files” is in progress.
These updates will enable our search operators to find more specific searches for files shared with you and help you find those files faster using more memorable file details. I will help.
At the highest level, Google notes that “you will still be able to find the same, only the operators you use for them.” Unfortunately, this means that “finding files in Google Drive can be difficult because there are so many ways to remember the file.”
Files
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exchanged with you using a valid email address can now be returned using “From.” Before this,
this email address returned ownership files.
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“From:” will now return the files you shared with the email address. Previously, it bore all files that were allowed to be viewed, commented on, and edited in the email address.
“Shared:” is a new search operator that will return files with a specific email address or allow them to view a comment or edit.
Google Drive adding new and updating current search operators
Google Drive adding new and updating current search operators. Owner:” Returns files with a specific email address. There is no change in this operator, but you can use the result to revert to the products you previously used the “from” operator.
Google has found that the person you share a document with is “actually one of the most memorable aspects of the search.” These changes affect Google Vault administrators, while:
From: and to Searches will not return files shared before February 2021.
The latest Google Drive search operators are now up and running and will be fully available to all users in the coming weeks.
