Tip: You can create a copy of a shortcut in a Drive folder, but you can’t create a shortcut to another shortcut file. Shortcuts make it easier for you or your team to find and organize files and folders in multiple Google Drives. A shortcut is a link that references another file or folder. Tip: Users can move across browser windows. Important: This functionality is only available on Chrome. Use keyboard shortcuts to move to a folder Tip: To move items into any folder in Google Drive, go to the left panel. Tip: If you move folders with a lot of files or subfolders, it takes time for you to find the changes. You can do this while you view an item on: There are multiple ways to move items to a file or folder.
A shortcut is created in the destination folder instead. Important: To move a file, you must have permission to move the file from the source to the destination, otherwise the file won’t be moved.