View & reorder your files and folders

You can change layouts and sort your files and folders to find them easily.

There are four ways you can sort a list of your files in My Drive:

Name: Orders files alphabetically by filename.
Modified: Orders files by the last time anyone changed a file.
Last modified by me: Orders by the last time you changed a file.
Last opened by me: Orders by the last time you opened a file.

Note: If you're on the "Recent" tab, you won't be able to sort your files.

Change between list & grid layout

There are 2 ways to view files and folders in Google Drive: list and grid layout. By default, Drive shows the list layout.

To change to the grid layout, go to your toolbar and click the grid layout icon .
To change back to the list layout, go to your toolbar and click the list layout icon .

Reorder files & folders

If you're viewing your files in a list

On your computer, go to drive.google.com.
Click the column that you want to use to sort.
To reverse the order, click the up arrow or down arrow .

If you're viewing your files in a grid

On your computer, go to drive.google.com.
In the top right, click the title of the current sort, like "Name" or "Modified."
Click on the type of sorting you want.
To reverse the order, click the up arrow or down arrow .

Find recently edited files

See the files that were most recently edited.

On your computer, go to drive.google.com.
In the top right, click Information .
Click Activity.

Change how you sort your files & folders

In “My Drive," "Shared with me," and "Starred" views, you can choose to show files and folders together or show folders on top with files below.

On your computer, go to Drive.
On the far right, immediately above your list of files, click Menu .
Select an option. To show:
- Folders on top, click On top.
- Files and folders intermingled, click Mixed with files.

Tip: Your preferences for sorting files and folders will be saved; you can update your sorting options by making a new selection following the steps above.