Timeline for In Google Drive, is there a way to search files located in a particular folder?
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| Feb 13, 2019 at 13:12 | comment | added | Jacob Akkerboom | @SuperUberDuper This can (now) be seen by, after entering your search query in drive search, hitting enter, selecting the file below the search bar and viewing the details of the file (icon that looks like an "i", then choose the details tab (as opposed to the activity tab)). If the file has a parent (location) it will be listed there next to the folder icon. | |
| Dec 3, 2016 at 8:40 | comment | added | cregox | Unfortunatelly, this doesn't search subfolders nor does it allow wildcards / requires full keyword. For illustrations and more details: quora.com/… | |
| Nov 1, 2016 at 15:12 | comment | added | Fuhrmanator | @deltaray I'm guessing somewhere at Google there is some risk analysis regarding features, e.g., cost of implementing+maintaining a feature vs benefit in data acquisition. | |
| Sep 7, 2016 at 18:13 | comment | added | deltaray | This is a rather convoluted way of doing it and ignores people who mostly use drive.google.com. Obviously the view count of this page shows that missing folder searching in their interface was very short sighted on Google's part. Sigh. | |
| Dec 16, 2015 at 18:23 | comment | added | SuperUberDuper | why doesn't drive search show you the containing folder name? | |
| Nov 24, 2015 at 16:03 | vote | accept | Jon Schneider | ||
| May 9, 2018 at 12:26 | |||||
| Nov 24, 2015 at 9:54 | history | edited | Jacob Jan | CC BY-SA 3.0 | styled post |
| Nov 24, 2015 at 9:48 | review | First posts | |||
| Nov 24, 2015 at 11:13 | |||||
| Nov 24, 2015 at 9:45 | history | answered | Ed J | CC BY-SA 3.0 |