How to remove Suggested Files from Google Drive

Suggested Files on Google Drive appear in the form of a row of documents you had accessed in the past, at the top of the homepage. Below are the steps you need to follow to remove this section. Save this change by clicking on ‘Done’ and reopening Google Drive, logged in, to see the Suggested Files section removed from your Google Drive homepage. If you don’t want to go through the settings’ revamp, an alternate way to do this is by opening different files than the ones appearing on your Suggested Files row at the time.

How to remove Suggestions from Google Drive

If you want to remove the Suggestions section, there are two ways in which this can be accomplished. One is through the Google Drive mobile app, and the second is the web browser method.

Remove Suggestions using the Google Drive app

If you predominantly find yourself using Google Drive on your mobile phone, then you’re recommended to go this way to remove the Suggestions area.

You will now find Quick Access hidden from your Google Drive homepage.

Remove Suggestions on Google Drive via a web browser

Alternatively, the Suggestions section can be disabled from Google Drive’s website as well. This way, the Suggestions or Quick Access area will be removed altogether from your Google Drive homepage. Read: Google Drive for Desktop not syncing on Windows PC How to remove a particular file suggestion on Google Drive Another possible scenario here could be you want to remove one or more specific files, previously loaded and accessed on Google Drive, from the Drive Suggestions section. Fortunately, there is a course of action for that too. To remove a particular file suggestion on Google Drive, follow the given steps:

You can follow the same steps as above to remove particular file suggestions using your Google Drive android app as well.

How do I delete Google Drive activity?

Active users of Google Drive would know that whenever you use one of Google’s utilities, be it a site, an app, or any other service, Google traces and saves your activity. If you want to avoid anyone getting to know about this activity, you can delete your Google activity history by going to myactivity.google.com and clicking on Delete activity by.

Can the owner of a Google Drive see who viewed it?

Access to any documents that you may upload on Google Drive solely depends upon you i.e., how many people you grant access to it. Whenever you access someone else’s document, be it a Google Docs file or Google Sheets, your presence is marked by the active users’ section at the top-right corner of the page. However, no further details about your IP address or device can be extracted from this area. We hope that this post helped you around with Suggestions on Google Drive.