You can upload documents and spreadsheets to the Gemini Apps to get answers, summaries, and insights about your content.
Availability
- To upload and analyze files with a personal Google account, you must be a Gemini Advanced user. Learn how to upgrade to Gemini Advanced.
- To upload and analyze files with a work or school Google account, you must have a Gemini Enterprise, Gemini Business, or Gemini Education license.
- To upload and analyze files from Drive with a work or school account, your administrator must also enable extensions. If you’re a Workspace admin, learn how to enable extensions in Gemini.
- This feature is available in all languages available for Gemini Advanced.
Upload files
Important: Currently, you can’t upload images and files in the same prompt. Learn how to upload a photo in Gemini Apps.
- On your computer, go to gemini.google.com.
- In the text box at the bottom, enter your question or prompt.
- Click Add files
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- To upload a file from your device: click Upload files
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- To add a file from your Google Drive: click Drive
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- To add files from your Drive, you need to have Gemini Apps Activity on and connect Google Workspace to Gemini Apps. If it’s not connected, you'll get the option to connect it. Learn about your data and the Google Workspace extension.
- To upload a file from your device: click Upload files
- Click Submit
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Supported files
- Plain text files: TXT
- Document files: DOC, DOCX, PDF, RTF, DOT, DOTX, HWP, HWPX
- Documents created in Google Docs
- Tabular data files: CSV, TSV
- Spreadsheet files: XLS, XLSX
- Spreadsheets created in Google Sheets
Learn more about files you upload
Important: These resources are only for users with a personal account. If you’re using a work or school account, learn more about how your data is protected.
Create a chart based on your data
You can ask the Gemini web app to create a chart based on your uploaded spreadsheet(s), zoom in to explore the chart, and customize the chart for your needs.
Customize a chart
- Below the chart, click Edit
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- Choose how you want the chart to change. For example, you can edit things like the chart type and labels.
- Click Update.
Learn how to modify responses, export responses, and share your chats from Gemini Apps.
What does it mean when my prompt exceeds the context window?
You may get a message that you’ve exceeded the context window for uploading and analyzing files.
When you upload files to the Gemini web app, it needs to "read" the content to provide useful insights or answers. The context window is like the reading capacity. It determines how much content can be understood together at one time.
A larger context window allows Gemini to read and comprehend more. If you exceed the context window, this could lead to responses that don’t take into account all the content provided or miss connections or details throughout the content. This is most relevant for prompts that require attention to many details scattered throughout large file(s).