You can search for any type of files using this on Google (I believe that it shows you the most recent shared files)...

site:drive.google.com <file that you are trying to search>

i.e. If you type site:drive.google.com file type or file name a bunch of links will pop up. Google Search

*It might not be the files you are trying to look for, but it does work!!!*
It also works for anything else like pdf, docs, pictures or you can just type the file name.


*** You can also find more information about Google Search Operators in the link below ***
Reply by @osaka35 : *** This is known as Google Search Operators and you can see a full list here: https://ahrefs.com/blog/google-advanced-search-operators/ ***

 

[EmanueleBGN]

Thank you for this tip!

 

[Mythical]

This is actually quite useful! thanks. Does show me some dead links but still cool

 

[ciaomao]

...bbbut what is this google thing??? I only heard about ecosia and duckduckgo, or did you meant „Googol“ as 10 to the power of 100?

 

[osaka35]

You can search for any type of files using this on Google (I believe that it shows you the most recent shared files)...

site:drive.google.com <file that you are trying to search>

i.e. If you type site:drive.google.com file type or file name a bunch of links will pop up. Google Search

*It might not be the files you are trying to look for, but it does work!!!*
It also works for anything else like pdf, docs, pictures or you can just type the file name.

Quality advice. This is known as Google Search Operators and you can see a full list here: https://ahrefs.com/blog/google-advanced-search-operators/

Shooooould work for other search engines as well, not just google

This is a good specific-use case that I hadn't really thought about. Guess the fact my google drive is indexed in google if I have it set to public is something I probably should have realized...at least, I hope it has to be set to public/shared/etc

 

[Vila_]

Nice

 

[kudlit]

I didn't know you can do that with google drive. Thanks for the tip!

 

[lkthinker]

informative post :-)

 

[vlvt]

thanks for this post!!

 

[ChilledShake2002]

Thank a lot !