You can use Gemini to help you organize your files on Google Drive

It'll suggest changes and all you need to do is approve them.

If you do a lot of work online, there's a good chance your Google Drive has accumulated way too many documents, photos and other files. Unfortunately, Google has typically made organizing your digital life through Drive difficult, with a web client that doesn't have a particularly useful search function to find and move things around. With this in mind, Google recently introduced a tool to help people get their digital lives in order. And before you ask: yes, it uses AI.

Last fall, Google began testing a feature called Organize My Files in Drive , and began rolling it out to Workspace users in June. Like a lot of the features the company has introduced recently, it relies on Gemini . In this case, "Gemini can help you organize your Drive by providing suggestions of where to move loose files based on your organizing structure and strategies," says Google.

Before you can task Gemini with cleaning up your Google Drive, there are a few requirements worth noting. First, you'll need a Google AI Pro or AI Ultra subscription . The feature isn't available to free accounts, which means it will not appear in Google Drive's interface if you aren't already a paid user.

If Google Drive is your primary cloud storage, this requirement is not the worst thing to spend your money on since the AI Pro subscription, priced at $20 per month, comes with 5TB of additional space and a YouTube Premium Lite subscription (amongst other things).

Organize My Files in Drive is also available to Business, Enterprise and Education customers, but keep in mind you won't be able to use your workplace account to organize your personal files. Additionally, you can't use Gemini to organize files and folders you share with your colleagues. The feature only works with private folders.

Next, you need to enable Smart features in Google Workspace . This setting is enabled by default in most markets where Google offers Workspace. If you're unsure if smart features are active on your account, here's how to check:

Once you've met the above requirements, using Gemini to organize your files is straightforward.