Summarize Drive files with Gemini
- On your computer, go to drive.google.com.
- In the top right, click Ask Gemini.
- In the side panel, choose a suggestion or write a new one. Remember to include the document title in your prompt.
- Example: “Summarize the key points in ‘Sales team meeting notes'”.
- Press Enter.
- Gemini will display the summary of your file/document.
- After receiving a response:
Below is a summary of the suggested content with the following options:
- View more: Displays the full summary of the content.
- Sources: Allows you to view the files and documents used to generate the response.
- Retry: Generates new text.
- Optional: you can ask Gemini questions to get a better understanding of the document. Some suggestions:
- “When does our contract with Provider A expire?”
- “Summarize this file into bullet points”
- “How many customer subscriptions did we get for this test application?”
- “Who wrote the Project B design document?”
- Optional: you can ask Gemini questions to get a better understanding of the document. Some suggestions:

