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Google Drive

Notification Types

Universal Inbox collects comments from any files hosted on Google drive.

Available Actions

Actions on notifications

The following actions apply to all Google Drive comment notifications from the Inbox screen:

View in Google Drive

  • Keyboard Shortcut: Enter
  • Effect: Opens the file and the comment in Google Drive

This action lets you view the commented file with the comment directly in Google Drive.

Delete

  • Keyboard Shortcut: d
  • Effect in Universal Inbox: Removes the notification from your inbox until the next update
  • Effect in Google Drive: No change in Google Drive

Use this action when you want to clear a notification from your Universal Inbox without affecting the file in Google Drive. The notification will reappear if there is a new reply to the comment.

Unsubscribe

  • Keyboard Shortcut: u
  • Effect in Universal Inbox: Removes the notification from your inbox
  • Effect in Google Drive: No direct effect in Google Drive, but future replies to the comment won't appear in Universal Inbox unless the user is mentioned again.

This action helps reduce notification noise by preventing future replies of this comment from appearing in Universal Inbox.

Snooze

  • Keyboard Shortcut: s
  • Effect in Universal Inbox: Temporarily hides the notification for a few hours
  • Effect in Google Drive: No change in Google Drive

Use this when you need to defer handling an invitation until later.

Create Task

  • Keyboard Shortcut: p
  • Keyboard Shortcut (with default task parameters): t
  • Effect in Universal Inbox: Links notification to a newly created task and remove the notification from your inbox
  • Effect in Google Drive: No change in Google Drive
  • Effect in Task Manager: Creates a new task with a link to the comment

Ideal for creating follow-up tasks related to comments.

  • Keyboard Shortcut: l
  • Effect in Universal Inbox: Links notification to an existing task and remove the notification from your inbox
  • Effect in Google Drive: No change in Google Drive

Use this when you already have a task related to this comment.