Getting Started with StretchDrive

StretchDrive is your workspace's secure home for files — a place to store, organize, preview, and share documents, images, spreadsheets, PDFs, and any other file your team works with. This guide gets you oriented and walks you through your first upload, folder, and share.

Opening StretchDrive

1. Sign in to your StretchSuite workspace.
2. In the left navigation, expand Content & Creative.
3. Click StretchDrive. Drive opens to My Drive, your personal space within the workspace.

If you don't see StretchDrive in the menu, your account may not have the Files app enabled yet. Workspace owners and admins always have access; other members need the Files app turned on for their membership. Ask a workspace owner to enable it (see Security and Data Protection).

A quick tour of the dashboard

Across the top of Drive you'll find everything you need day to day:

• + New — create a new folder or start an upload.
• My Drive — return to the root of your personal space at any time.
• Trash — view deleted items and restore or permanently remove them.
• Search in Drive — find files and folders by name, or by the text inside text-based files.
• Grid / List toggle — switch between thumbnail tiles and a compact list.
• Sort (Name) — change the order items are displayed in.
• Storage card — a live meter showing how much of your plan's quota you've used, for example 0 B of 15 GB used.

The large central area is where your files and folders appear. When it's empty you'll see A place for all your files with a Drag files here prompt and an Upload file button.

Step 1 — Upload your first file

1. From My Drive, click Upload file (or drag a file from your computer directly onto the drop area).
2. Select a file and confirm. A progress indicator appears while the file transfers.
3. When it finishes, the file appears in My Drive and your Storage meter updates.

StretchDrive verifies every upload end to end, so what lands in Drive is exactly what left your computer. Single files up to 5 GB are supported.

Step 2 — Create a folder

1. Click + New, then choose New folder (or the folder option in the New menu).
2. Type a name — for example Client Contracts — and confirm. Names can't contain slashes.
3. Open the folder and drag files into it, or upload directly while inside it.

Folders can be nested as deeply as you need, so you can mirror how your team actually organizes work.

Step 3 — Share something

1. Select a file or folder and open its Share option.
2. To give a specific colleague access, enter them as the person, choose a role (Viewer, Commenter, Editor, or Owner), and confirm.
3. To share more broadly, create a share link instead — optionally add a password, an expiry date, and decide whether downloads are allowed. Copy the link and send it.

You can change or revoke any access later. See Sharing Files and Folders for the full walkthrough.

A realistic first session

Imagine you're onboarding a new client. You click + New → New folder and name it Acme Corp. Inside it you create two subfolders, Contracts and Brand Assets. You drag the signed agreement (a PDF) into Contracts, then upload the logo files into Brand Assets. Finally, you share the Brand Assets folder with your designer as an Editor so they can add exports, and you send the client a view-only, password-protected link to Contracts that expires in 30 days. In five minutes you've created an organized, access-controlled home for that client.

Tips

• Use drag and drop — you can drop several files at once onto the drop area.
• Set up your folder structure before a big project so uploads land in the right place.
• Switch to List view when you need to scan many files quickly; use Grid view for image-heavy folders.
• Keep an eye on the Storage card so you're never surprised by a quota limit.
• The Tutorial button in the top-right corner offers a guided in-app walkthrough.

FAQ

Is My Drive private? Yes. Items in My Drive are visible only to you until you share them (workspace owners and admins retain oversight for governance).

What file types can I store? Any type. Previews and in-app editing are available for common formats, but Drive stores everything.

Where do deleted files go? To Trash, where they remain recoverable until you restore them or empty the Trash.