To view Google Drive folder sizes without having to download your entire Google Drive, have a look at the 'preferences' in the 'backup and sync' app. (I'm on a Mac, so this may be a little different on the windows version).

Running out of space on Google Drive? Learn here how to find large files in Google Drive sorted by size — and how to delete the biggest wastes of space right away.

How to Find Large Files in Google Drive: FAQ

First, I Felled a Tree and Thought It Was Big

Like the axe-swinger of course, it was but laughable stock, though. A giant sequoia‘s average branch is way bigger than my entire tree.

Nevertheless, if you ever want to see the number of files in a Google Drive folder, here is how you can do it. Related: How to Remote Upload Files to Google Drive. See the Number of Files in a Google Drive Folder. Though there is no built-in straightforward way, there are multiple ways to see the number of files in a Google Drive folder.
If you haven't checked lately to see how much space your Google Drive, Google Photos, and Gmail messages are taking up, then you really should. Before, you know, the disaster of not being able to get email occurs, especially since that always seems to happen at the worst possible time! We'll tell you how to check—and how to upgrade your storage if necessary.

You can find these “real” trees on the slopes of the Sierra Nevada; you can, speaking of which, also find — perhaps to fell and trash — real big metaphorical trees in Google Drive:

How to Find Large Files in Google Drive

Time needed: 1 minute.

To find the largest files that take up the most space on your Google Drive sorted by size:

Open Google Drive in a desktop browser.
Tip: You can also open Google Drive’s desktop version in a mobile browser.
Click Storage.
Note: You can also see the size of Google Drive, albeit not here.
Find the list of files sorted by size.
Shortcut: You can also go to this list directly by opening https://drive.google.com/drive/quota in a browser.

Google Drive How To See Folder Size

Now, act on the files as you desire. To free up space, for instance, hight and optionally download (via the More actions menu), then trash the biggest unneeded files, then do empty the Google Drive trash (files in it still count towards your quota).

How to Find Large Files in Google Drive: FAQ

Can I sort Google Drive by size?

No, not in general; Google Drive will not let you search, sort or find files by size.

Other than using your Google Drive quota view, you cannot sort by size in Google Drive.

How do I view file size in Google Drive?

To see the size for each file in Google Drive:

Google Drive How To See Folder Size

Click List view (
Find the sizes for the current view’s documents and files in the File size column.

You can also see an individual file’s size:

How To See Folder Sizes In Google Drive

Google Drive How To See Folder Size Tool

Make sure to enable the Details pane.
Tip: Click the View details icon (
Now make sure an item is highlighted.
Find the details include the size on the Details tab.

(How to find large files on Google Drive tested with Google Drive in a desktop browser; updated November 2020)