Google Docs Help: Uploading files

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To upload a document, spreadsheet, or presentation, follow these steps:
  1. Click the Upload button at the top of the sidebar in your Docs list page.
  2. Click Browse.
  3. Select the document, spreadsheet, or presentation you'd like to open.
  4. Click Open.
  5. Click Upload File. The uploaded file appears in your Docs list.

When uploading, please keep the following in mind:

  • You can only upload certain file types: 
    • For spreadsheets: .xls, .ods, .csv, .tsv, .txt, .tsb
    • For documents: .html, plain text (.txt), Microsoft Word, .rtf
    • For presentations: .ppt, .pps

    • You can also upload .pdf files to your Docs list.

  • There are some file-size limits. See the size requirements for uploading.

Emailing documents in to Google Docs

If you'd prefer, you can email your documents in to Google Docs. This is a quick way to import many documents at once, and you can use this feature as an add-on to how you currently collaborate with others. For example, you can add your unique Email-In address when you pass around documents.

Note that this feature doesn't work with spreadsheets.


To email a document in to Google Docs, follow these steps:

  1. Click the Upload button from the sidebar in your Docs list page.
  2. In the screen that appears, you'll be given a special email address where you can email your files and start new documents.
  3. Paste this email into the To: field of an email, and include the content you'd like to upload in either the body of the email, or as an attachment. In the subject field, enter the title you'd like to apply to this emailed document.

After you've done this, your emailed document will appear in your Docs list.

Please note that it's only possible to email in 10 or fewer attachments at a time.

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