How to save PDFs in Google Drive and edit them

1 min read·25 July 2026

Google Drive is a handy place to store and share PDFs. But for merging, splitting, or compressing you use PDFrust — and after editing you save the result back to Drive. Here is the workflow.

Upload PDF to Google Drive

Open drive.google.com. Click "+ New" > File upload. Select your PDF. After uploading the file is available to you and anyone you give access to.

Download PDF from Drive for editing

Right-click the PDF in Drive and choose "Download". Open PDFrust in your browser and upload the file. Make the desired changes (merge, split, compress, sign). Download the result.

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Put it back in Google Drive

Upload the edited PDF back via "+ New" > File upload. Want to replace the original? Upload with the same name or use right-click > "Manage versions" > "Upload new version" to keep the version history.

View PDFs in Drive

Google Drive has a built-in PDF viewer. You can search the text but not edit it. Use the viewer to quickly navigate through a document before deciding to download it for editing.