Google Drive is a handy place to store your data, and it comes with a regular Gmail account. You can get more out of it by tying it to Windows File Explorer.

You can even add Google Drive as a drive in File Explorer (on Windows) or Finder (on macOS). It means easier access to everything you have in Google Drive, and a syncing and backup setup that ...

If you want to keep your local files in sync with your Google Drive account, you can use a graphical or command-line method on your Windows 11 PC. I’ll show you how.

You should now see your Google Drive account as a drive letter in Windows Explorer. If you want to delete the association, just highlight it in Visual Subst and click on the red X button.

Learn how to add or remove Google Drive and OneDrive items from the context menu in Windows 11/10 using Registry Editor.