Collaborate with Gemini in Google Drive

Important: This is an experimental feature rolling out through the Gemini Business and Gemini Enterprise Alpha, and may not be available to you.

This feature is also available through our early access testing program, Google Workspace Labs.

In Google Drive, you can ask Gemini to help you:

• Summarize a long document so you can quickly get the main points.
• Discuss a topic that requires synthesizing information from one or more files in your Drive.
• Retrieve quick facts about a project or topic without needing to find and read the relevant documents.
• Suggest relevant topics to explore so you can learn more about the subject.

This feature is currently available on desktop.

Use the Gemini in Drive side panel

1. On your computer, go to drive.google.com.
2. At the top right, click Ask Gemini .
3. To make the side panel bigger, click Expand .
   • To go back to its original size, click Collapse .
4. At the bottom of the panel, you can select from suggested prompts or write your own.
5. After receiving a response:
   • To show all of the suggested content, click View more .
   • To show less, click View less .
   • To generate a new summary about the file, click Retry .
   • To refine the generated text, write a new prompt.
   • To view which files and documents were used to generate the response, click Sources.
6. To close the panel, click Close .

Select files & ask Gemini questions

1. On your computer, go to drive.google.com.
2. At the top right, click Ask Gemini .
3. In the side panel, select a prompt or create your own, mentioning the title of the document in your prompt.
   • Example: "Summarize the key points in 'Sales Team Meeting Notes.'"
4. Press Enter.
5. Gemini will display the summary of your file/document.

After receiving a response:

• Show the whole summary of the suggested content: Click View more .
• View which files and documents were used to generate the response: Click Sources.
• Generate new text: Click Retry .

You can also ask Gemini questions to understand your document better. Examples of prompts:

• “When is our contract with Vendor A expiring?"
• “Summarize this file for me in bullet points"
• "How many customer sign-ups did we get for this test application?"
• "Who wrote the Project B design doc?"

Summarize the selected file with “@” & ask Gemini questions

1. On your computer, go to drive.google.com.
2. At the top right, click Ask Gemini .
3. In the side panel, create your own prompt, by selecting the title of the document “@title of the document” in your prompt.
   • Example: "Summarize the key points in '@Sales Team Meeting Notes.'"
4. Press Enter.
5. Gemini will display the summary of your file/document.

After receiving a response:

• Show the whole summary of the suggested content: Click View more .
• View which files and documents were used to generate the response: Click Sources.
• Generate new text: Click Retry .

Summarize information across several files with Gemini

1. On your computer, go to drive.google.com.
2. At the top right, click Ask Gemini .
3. In the side panel, select a prompt or create your own.
   • Examples: "Help me understand our team's 2024 strategy," "Summarize project X"
4. Press Enter.
5. Gemini will get the information elaborating on a topic based on your Google Drive files.
6. You can:
   • Send feedback about the suggested text: Click Good suggestion or Bad suggestion .
   • See a different version: Click Retry .
   • View which files and documents were used to generate the response: Click Sources.

Give feedback on generated output

Gemini for Google Workspace is constantly learning and may not be able to support your request.

If you get a suggestion that’s inaccurate or that you feel is unsafe, you can submit feedback.

1. On your computer, at the bottom right of the generated text, click Good suggestion or Bad suggestion .
2. If you click Bad suggestion , you can select the issue you found and enter additional feedback.
3. Click Submit.

To provide general feedback on this feature, at the top, go to Help Send feedback to Google.

To report a legal issue, create a request.

Clear history with the Gemini in Drive side panel

You can clear your conversation history on the side panel at any time. To clear the conversation history:

1. At the top right of the Gemini in Drive side panel, click Clear history .
2. In the pop-up window, click Clear.

You’ll also lose your conversation history:

• If you refresh your browser.
• If you close and reopen the document.
• If your computer goes offline.

Learn about Gemini feature suggestions

• Gemini feature suggestions don’t represent Google’s views, and should not be attributed to Google.
• Don’t rely on Gemini features as medical, legal, financial or other professional advice.
• Gemini features may suggest inaccurate or inappropriate information. Your feedback makes Gemini more helpful and safe.
• Enterprise end users can submit feedback about their experience using this feature. End users are informed before they submit feedback that the feedback data shouldn’t contain personal, sensitive, or confidential information.

Related resources

• Collaborate with Gemini in Google Docs
• Collaborate with Gemini in Google Sheets
• Collaborate with Gemini in Google Slides
• Collaborate with Gemini in Gmail