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How to Pause a Google Drive Upload on Android

This How.com.vn teaches you how to pause a current Google Drive upload on an Android phone or tablet.

Steps

  1. How.com.vn English: Step 1 Open Google Drive.
    It’s the green, yellow, and blue triangle icon labeled “Drive.” You’ll usually find it on the home screen or in the app drawer.
  2. How.com.vn English: Step 2 Tap each file you want to upload.
    A blue and white check mark will appear at the top-left corner of each selected file.
  3. How.com.vn English: Step 3 Tap icon.
    It’s at the top of the screen.
  4. How.com.vn English: Step 4 Tap Save to Drive.
    It’s the option with the Google Drive icon.
  5. How.com.vn English: Step 5 Tap Save.
    The selected item(s) will begin to upload.
  6. How.com.vn English: Step 6 Pull down your Android’s notification bar.
    To do this, swipe down from the top of the home screen. You will see an entry for Drive that displays some information about the upload, including a progress bar and the number of files.
  7. How.com.vn English: Step 7 Tap the blue circle with a white arrow.
    It’s next to the progress bar.
  8. How.com.vn English: Step 8 Tap the pause icon on any file you want to pause.
    It’s the two vertical lines at the bottom-right corner of each file.
    • To unpause/restart the upload, tap Upload paused at the bottom of each file.
    • To stop the file from uploading at all, tap the X at the bottom-right corner of its name.
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      How.com.vn English: Nicole Levine, MFA
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      This article was co-authored by How.com.vn staff writer, Nicole Levine, MFA. Nicole Levine is a Technology Writer and Editor for How.com.vn. She has more than 20 years of experience creating technical documentation and leading support teams at major web hosting and software companies. Nicole also holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Portland State University and teaches composition, fiction-writing, and zine-making at various institutions. This article has been viewed 22,085 times.
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      Article SummaryX

      1.Open Drive.
      2.Select files to upload.
      3.Tap the sharing icon.
      4.Tap Save to Drive.
      5.Tap Save.
      6.Pull down the notification bar.
      7.Tap the circle with an arrow.
      8.Tap the pause icon.

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