Delete Symbols Documents in Google Drive For Free

One more option you could try is to find the document in Google Drive (drive.google.com) under the "Shared with me" folder. Right-click on the file and select "Remove." Clear the cache in your browser and then reboot your device.

Why is Google Docs Not Deleting? Most often, it could be because the files you deleted contained shared collaboration folders, which could allow the contents to return after deletion. Additionally, even if you manually delete a folder, the files inside can still be in Google Drive.

Put a file in the trash On your computer, open Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides. Next to the file you want to delete, click More. Remove. The file will be moved to the trash section of Drive. Learn more about finding and recovering files in the ?Trash? section of Drive.

How to remove blue paragraph symbols in Google Docs Find the CTRL, SHIFT and P keys on your keyboard. Press CTRL + SHIFT + P simultaneously. The pesky blue paragraphs should now be gone for good!

If this is an ordinary page in a document you created in Docs, simply drag your cursor through the extra page and into the bottom of the page before it and press Backspace/Enter. If this is a document that was converted from a Microsoft Word file, it might contain a section break that can't be removed in Docs.

Put a file in trash On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Drive app. At the bottom right, tap Files . Next to the file you want to delete, tap More. Remove.

Clean up storage through Google One On your Android device, open the Google One app . At the bottom, tap Storage. Free up account storage. Select the category you want to manage. Select the files you want to remove. To sort files, at the top, tap Filter . ... After you select your files, at the top, tap Delete .

Google Drive doesn't allow users to delete Shared Drives when there are still some files and folders stored in these Shared Drives, since some mistake data deletion by any member of the team might lead to great loss.