How to Clean Up Your Google Drive with Claude

Claude can read your Drive files and sort them into folders. It also renames them for you.

Install Claude in Chrome

Go to the Chrome Web Store, search "Claude in Chrome" and click "Add to Chrome".

Open the messy folder

Open Google Drive and go into the folder you want to clean up.

Open Claude

Click the Claude icon in Chrome to open the side panel.

Ask for a plan first

Paste this prompt:

Review this folder and suggest a clear folder structure based on what my files actually contain. Group by project, year and document type. Flag possible duplicates and anything you can't identify.

Claude only shows you a plan. It won't move anything yet.

Check the plan and apply it

Read the plan. If you like it, type:

Apply it

Claude creates the folders and moves everything for you. Files it can't identify go into a "_To review" folder. Empty old folders are left for you to delete.

Rename the messy files (the trick)

Stay in the same chat and paste:

Rename the files with unclear names based on their content, using this format: date - document type - project or person. Show me the old and new names before applying anything.

Check the list, then tell it to apply.

Always ask for the plan first, and check duplicates yourself before you delete anything.