How to Remove Suggested Files in Google Drive

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Google Drive is one of the best cloud services available out there, and one of its features that you’ll notice regularly is that it has a row for suggested documents and files you have opened in the past situated right at the top of the page. In this tutorial, we will discuss, how to remove suggested files in Google Drive.

Now, you may not want to see those suggested files over and over again especially when you have multiple people using the same account in a team. In such cases it is better to get rid of those suggested files on that section or the best part would be if they could be replaced with some other files.

A very rudimentary method to remove your files from the suggested row would be to open different files that will replace the contents of the suggested row.

We have tried multiple ways to remove suggested files in Google Drive and have made this guide for you so that you can do it too. Here is all you need to know.

How to Remove Suggested Files in Google Drive?

Besides manually opening individual files to replace them in the suggested row, the only other method is to remove that row altogether. Refer to the instructions given below to do that. 

  • Open up your PC or laptop and load your preferred browser. 
  • Head over to the Google Drive website at drive.google.com. 
  • Enter your credentials to gain access to the Drive. 
  • Once you’re logged in, click on the settings icon to the right of the search bar at the top.
  • Select Settings from the menu. 
  • Click on General from the side menu in the new window. 
  • Scroll down until you see the Suggestions section at the bottom of the list. 
  • Uncheck the Show suggested files in the My Drive option. This will remove the Suggested row from the My Drive section. 
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You will also see another option below: Show suggested files in Shared with me. Uncheck that if you want to remove the Suggested row from the Shared with me section as well. And that is it. This is the easiest way you can remove suggested files in Google Drive.

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How to Stop Getting Updates Regarding Google Drive Items on Your Mail

Google Drive will send you regular mail updates whenever a change is made on your Drive or any of its connected apps. Refer to the steps detailed below to learn how to stop these emails. 

  • Open up your PC or laptop and load your preferred browser. 
  • Head over to the Google Drive website at drive.google.com. 
  • Enter your credentials to gain access to the Drive.
  • Once you’re logged in, click on the settings icon placed to the right of the main search bar at the top. 
  • A new window will be displayed; click on Notifications from the side menu. 
  • Uncheck the Get all updates about Google Drive items via mail option, and you’re done. 
How to Remove Suggested Files in Google Drive
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Now, you won’t receive any updates about changes made to your Google Drive items on your mail. It will save a lot of space as well on your mail and it will no longer be filled with random mails from users and files you no longer want to be associated with.

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How to Disable the Suggested Files From Google Drive on Android 

You can delete the suggestions that show up when you open the Google Drive app on an Android phone. However, unlike using Drive on a laptop or PC, you cannot remove the entire Suggestions section from your Drive on Android. 

  • Unlock your phone and check to see if you have the Google Drive application installed. 
  • If not, download it from Play Store and enter your credentials to access the Drive. 
  • Once you’re logged in, click on the Home tab from the four options given at the bottom of the screen. 
  • You will now be able to see all the suggested files. To remove them click on the options button next to their name. The icon will have three vertical dots on it. 
  • Scroll down till you see a thumbs down icon which reads Not a helpful suggestion and click on it. 
  • After you do that, that particular file will be removed from the suggestions but not deleted. 

The only drawback to this is that you need to manually remove each and every file that you don’t want to show up in the Suggestions column, as the Google Drive app doesn’t allow you to remove the entire section. 

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Is There a List For All The Keyboard Shortcuts on Google Drive?

Yes, Google Drive has a lot of shortcuts and you can’t really remember all of them. That’s why a list is easily accessible from the settings panel. Refer to the instructions provided below to see how to do that. 

  • Open up your PC or laptop and load your preferred browser. 
  • Head over to the Google Drive website at drive.google.com. 
  • Enter your credentials to gain access to the Drive.
  • Once you’re logged in, select the settings icon on the far right of the search bar at the top. 
  • Select Keyboard shortcuts. 
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  • A new window will show up with all the keyboard shortcuts grouped in various sections like selection, go to, application, create, upload, menus, and action. 

You can also manually search for shortcuts to perform various functions using the search bar provided in the window. 

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Conclusion

That’s it, folks. As you’ve seen, removing suggested files from Google Drive is pretty straightforward. We used a pretty straightforward method that anyone can simply follow based on the steps and methods we have mentioned. You cannot surely remove it completely from Google Drive since it will keep popping up every time you view or make changes to any file.

You only have to do a little grunt work when you’re removing them from an Android phone; otherwise, you can remove the entire suggested section itself on a PC or laptop. If at all you are unable to do as desired, try doing it again as suggested and it will work.

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