With Gemini in Google Drive, you can:
- 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 the need to find and read the relevant documents.
- Explore relevant topics so you can learn more about a subject.
Feature availability
- This feature is available to users on work or school accounts through a Gemini for Google Workspace add-on, and to users on personal accounts through Google One AI Premium. Learn about Gemini features and plans.
- This feature is also available as part of our early access testing program, Google Workspace Labs.
Supported languages
- If you have a work or school account with a Gemini for Google Workspace add-on, and your administrator turns on Alpha access, you can use the Gemini in Drive side panel in additional languages.
- If you have a personal account with Google One AI Premium, the Gemini in Drive side panel is only available in English.
- Learn about supported languages for Gemini for Google Workspace.
Get started with Gemini in Drive
- On your computer, go to drive.google.com.
- At the top right, click Ask Gemini .
- In the side panel, select a suggested prompt or write your own prompt. Select a suggestion
- Select from the list of suggestions.
- To get more options, select More suggestions.
- At the bottom, in the prompt box, replace the example text with the information that you want.
- Press Enter.
- At the bottom, in the prompt box, enter a prompt.
- Press Enter.
- Select from the list of suggestions.
- Optional: To remove your history, click More options Clear history.
Important: You lose your conversation history when:
- You reload your browser.
- You close and reopen the document.
- Your computer goes offline.
Explore Gemini in Drive
Action |
Description |
---|---|
Ask Gemini |
Open Gemini. |
More options |
Clear your recent Gemini history and ask for more suggestions. |
Expand |
Make Gemini larger. |
Collapse |
Return Gemini to its original size. |
Close |
Close Gemini. |
Clear history |
Remove all generated text. |
More suggestions |
Find more suggestions from Gemini. |
Copy |
Copy a suggestion. |
Retry |
Generate a different response from Gemini. |
Retry with Google Search | Search on Google for more information about your question or request. |
View more |
View more of the response from Gemini. |
View less |
Minimize the response from Gemini. |
Show more |
Show full search results when searching for a file. |
Good suggestion |
Give positive feedback about a response from Gemini. |
Bad suggestion |
Report an issue with a response from Gemini. |
Things to ask Gemini in Drive
Select files & ask Gemini questions
- On your computer, go to drive.google.com.
- At the top right, click Ask Gemini .
- 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.'"
- Press Enter.
- 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
- On your computer, go to drive.google.com.
- At the top right, click Ask Gemini .
- 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.'"
- Press Enter.
- 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
- On your computer, go to drive.google.com.
- At the top right, click Ask Gemini .
- In the side panel, select a prompt or create your own.
- Examples:
- "Help me understand our team's 2024 strategy."
- "Summarize project X."
- Examples:
- Press Enter.
- Gemini will get the information elaborating on a topic based on your Google Drive files.
- 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.
- “How can I make someone else the owner of my file?”
- “How can I find a specific file in my Drive?”
Important: To get answers from the web, make sure to include phrases like “Use Google Search” or “Using web search” in your prompt.
- “Write a paragraph describing the weather today in Mountain View, California using web search.”
- “Help me write a paragraph explaining if lightning can strike the same place twice using only information from the web.”
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.
- On your computer, at the bottom right of the generated text, click Good suggestion or Bad suggestion .
- If you click Bad suggestion , you can select the issue you found and enter additional feedback.
- 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.
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.
- Your conversations with Gemini in Drive are not saved to Gemini Apps Activity. When you delete your Gemini in Drive conversation history, it doesn't delete any information that is saved to your Gemini Apps Activity. Learn how to delete your Gemini Apps Activity.