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Google Drive symlink

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To create a symlink to a Google Drive file or document there are a few methods.

You can right click the original file in the Google Drive UI and select Organize and then Add Shortcut

There are also keyboard shortcuts. These shortcuts will change/have changed as of August 1st, 2024. Prior to August 2024 you could select the document you want to symlink, then hit Shift+Z and you'll be presented with a menu to choose the folder you'd like to add a symlink to

After August 2024, the keyboard shortcut is

For Windows and ChromeOS : Ctrl + Alt + R
For Mac : Command + Option + R

https://support.google.com/drive/answer/2563044

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satary commented Sep 21, 2018

Thank you, that works. How than can I delete it? )))

satsuki-thyme commented Sep 28, 2018 •

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Hi, I come from Google Search. Your saying is very nice. Thank you!
If we want to delete a link, move link to original place.

jwermuth commented Oct 3, 2018

Very nice. You can see if a document has symlinks by selecting the document and check the "Location" part of the documents Details view. The Details view can be opened by right clicking the document and selecting "View Details"

Greenscreener commented Feb 9, 2019

I knew this was supported by the architecture and could be done with some API magic, but I didn't know it had a GUI. Thank you very much.

Reasoning-Technology commented Mar 10, 2020 •

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not really a symlink, not even a hard link. When you delete it the original also disappears. Not even hard links do that. If you rename 'the link', then the name on the original also changes. I wanted to make a folder of links to 'journal' files found in many other folders. They all had the same name! And if I tried to change the names of the links, then the names on the originals changed.

chho-work commented Mar 12, 2020

Thank you for sharing! Is it possible to use the mentioned method with Colab?

ninowalker commented Mar 22, 2024

Thanks, this still works in 2023!

jstangroome commented May 23, 2024

The shortcut has changed from shift + z to ctrl + alt + r on Windows/ChromeOS and command + option + r on MacOS.
https://support.google.com/drive/answer/2563044?hl=en&visit_id=638520439736323389-818996746&p=docslist_shortcuts&rd=1

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gene1wood commented May 23, 2024

@jstangroome Thank! I've updated the gist above to capture this.

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