Scan documents with Google Drive - how it works

With Google Drive, you can quickly and easily scan documents and upload them to the cloud. We show how it works.

Scan documents with the Google Drive app

If you have the Google Drive app (iOS, Android) on your smartphone, you can scan documents quickly and easily. The finished files are uploaded directly to the cloud and can be edited immediately on the PC. Here's how it works:

• Open the Google Drive app.
• Instead of creating a new document, tap on "Scan" at the bottom right.
• Then the camera is opened and you can photograph or "scan" the desired document.
• Finally, cut your document, change the color, rename the file and tap the check mark in the lower right corner.
• The scanned document is immediately uploaded to Google Drive.

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