Our Privacy Policy explains how The DAM Software Company, Inc. If the original file is 10 MB and you replace it with an image that weighs a mere 2 MB, the file will still consume 10+2=12MB space in your Google Drive.The DAM Software Company is committed to protecting your privacy. If you grant view access to the file to another user, they cannot see the other versions of the file.If you create a copy of the file (File > Make a Copy), the new copy will only hold the current version of the file.Here’re a few other things should should know about file version in Google Drive. However, if you right-click the file in Google Drive, choose Managed Versions, select the 3-dot vertical menu and check Keep Forever, your hidden file would be around fover. Google Drive, by default, stores the previous version of any file for 30 days and then deletes them.

This video tutorial describes the steps in detail. Also, if someone double clicks the file to open it, all they’ll see is an image preview. Google Drive will automatically update the thumbnail of the file to that of the most recent vesion.

Now rename the original file to, say, image.jpg - you can give any file name and extension.

Choose Upload New Version and upload another file - say an unsuspecting photograph of a building.After the file is uploaded, right-click the file in Drive and choose Manage Versions.Go to and upload the file that you wish to hide from other users.The old PDF file would still be available in Google Drive though hidden in plain sight. Here’s a step-by-step guide. The file versions can be of different mime types so you can upload a PDF file first and then replace it with an image or a video file. Google Drive allows you to store multiple versions of a file and if you upload a new version of a file, the previous version is preserved as well.

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