Google Drive Search Overl Chrome extension icon

Google Drive Search Overl

👥 38 users
📦 v1.7
💾 68.74KiB
📅 2025-06-16
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Overview

Google Drive Search and Folder-Navigation-Tree Plugin
Instant, private, full-text search for every Google Doc you can open - right inside Drive.
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Why you’ll love it
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- Blazing-fast full-text search: Results appear instantly because the extension maintains its own local index of your files (nothing is sent to any server).
- Dual-pane workspace:
- Left: a tidy folder tree.
- Right: a live document preview/search results panel.
- Smart keyword tagging: Wrap any phrase in “🔑 … 🔑” to turn it into an instant filter.
- Configurable indexing: Pick exactly which heading levels (H1-H6) should be searchable.
- Always current: The index refreshes itself every six hours - or whenever you tap ♻️ Refresh Index.
- Works everywhere you do: Search My Drive and Shared Drives all from one place.

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How it works (under the hood)
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- On first open the overlay exports your Google Docs as HTML and builds a private search database in chrome.storage.local.
- On subsequent visits it checks only the items that changed since the last run and updates the index incrementally.
- All searching happens entirely in your browser; document content never leaves your machine.
- Uninstall the extension and the index disappears with it - no leftovers.

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Quick-start guide
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- Install the extension and head to drive.google.com.
- After a couple of seconds the overlay will open.
- The first run builds your search index; progress is shown under the search box.
- Type to search, browse folders or filter by 🔑 keywords.
- Hit ♻️ Refresh Index whenever you add new Docs (or let the auto-refresh handle it).
- Close the overlay with Esc or by toggling the overlay-switch (top left-hand corner).

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Privacy Practices

Not being sold to third parties, outside of the approved use cases
Not being used or transferred for purposes that are unrelated to the item's core functionality
Not being used or transferred to determine creditworthiness or for lending purposes

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