Getting started

Your first time in Drive

Who can use thisMembers and Super Admins

Permission you need

View files and folders

Set by your workspace admin. If you cannot do this, ask them for access.

The first time you open each tab of Drive, it is empty. Instead of a blank page, inLynk Business Network shows a short explanation of what the tab is for. These screens disappear as soon as the tab has something in it. Follow the steps below to see all four.

Open Drive from the left sidebar. You land on the My Files tab.
First time in My Files
On this screen
- Heading – Your files, wherever you are, with a short paragraph explaining that you can upload documents, images, video and audio, organise them into folders and share them with specific people.
- Upload your first file – the blue button on the left. It opens the same choices as the New menu. It only appears if you are allowed to create.
- + New – the blue button at the top right does the same job once you have files.
- Three info cards on the right – Every format… (what can be previewed), Folders that nest (organise into folders, then move, copy and find anything faster) and Share exactly what you mean (share a file or whole folder with chosen people, as view or edit, and revoke whenever you like).
- Tabs – My Files is underlined because it is the tab you are on.
Tap the Shared tab.
First time in Shared
On this screen
- Heading – What others have shared with you. Nothing here is for you to fill in: this tab only lists what other people share with you.
- Cards – Sent to you directly (a colleague picks you; shared items are not visible to the whole workspace), View or edit (the access level they chose decides what you can do) and Theirs to revoke (the owner can withdraw access at any time, which removes it from this tab).
- No New button – you cannot create items here.
Tap the Favourites tab.
First time in Favourites
On this screen
- Heading – Keep what matters within reach. Items you star from their menu appear here.
- Cards – Star anything (files and folders both work), One place to come back to (skip the folder hunt) and Private to you (nobody else sees what you have marked, and sharing is unaffected).
Tap the Trash tab.
First time in Trash
On this screen
- Heading – Nothing waiting to be cleared. Deleted items wait here before they are removed for good.
- Cards – Deleted, not gone (removing a file moves it here first), Restore in one step (put it back where it came from) and Cleared automatically (items are purged after a while and still count towards your storage until they are).

Good to know

Which buttons you see depends on your permissions. See What you can do.
When you have items, each tab shows them instead of this explanation.

Last updated 2026-10-22

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