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title: My Documents
description: "Explore the BriefCatch document library: uploading, connecting a drive, finding a brief, and what the status and expiry labels mean."
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# My Documents

## Explore the document library: uploading, connecting a drive, finding a brief, and what the status and expiry labels mean.

**My Documents** is the home of everything you have put through BriefCatch. It is both the place you start a review and the place you come back to for one you already ran.

What you see depends on your plan, your role, and which drives your organization has connected.

![My Documents: the search, filter, sort, and view-switch toolbar above a list of stored briefs, each carrying an Expired status and the date its stored copy lapsed.](https://support.briefcatch.com/hs-fs/hubfs/My%20Documents%20Screenshot.png?width=670&height=379&name=My%20Documents%20Screenshot.png)

> My Documents: the search, filter, sort, and view-switch toolbar above a list of stored briefs, each carrying an Expired status and the date its stored copy lapsed.

 

### Getting a document in

There are two routes, and they behave differently afterwards.

| Route | Use it when | What to know |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Upload document** | The file is on your machine | Accepts **`.docx` and `.pdf`**, up to 25 MB. BriefCatch asks what should happen to the file afterwards. |
| **Add from a connected drive** | The file already lives in Google Drive or OneDrive | If no drive is connected, the library offers **Connect a drive** first. See [Integrations](https://support.briefcatch.com/home/web-app/integrations?hsLang=en). |

An older `.doc` file needs converting to `.docx` before it will upload.

### The one choice worth reading: what happens to the file

Upload asks you to choose, because the answer decides whether the file still exists later.

- **Keep a private copy for a while** — BriefCatch stores the file so you can reopen the results without re-uploading. You pick an **Auto-delete after** window. Longer windows are a paid-plan capability; if the option is greyed out, your plan does not include it.
- **Save to my Google Drive / OneDrive** — a permanent copy in your own drive, managed by you.
- **Save to the organization drive** — a permanent copy in your organization’s drive, in a folder you choose.

*Why this matters:* only the drive destinations produce a copy you control. The private copy is on a timer, and when that timer runs out the file is deleted rather than archived.

Choosing a destination opens a folder browser scoped to what you can reach: **Personal**, **Organization**, **My Drive**, or a **Shared Drive**. You have to open a folder to select it — a file cannot be a destination.

### Finding things

The toolbar carries search, filters, sort, and a **List view** / **Grid view** switch.

| Control | What it filters on |
| --- | --- |
| Search | File name |
| Scope | Personal or Organization |
| Provider | Which drive the file came from |
| File type | Docs versus other files |
| Status | Draft, Reviewed, Expired |
| Date, Name, Size | Sort order |

Active filters appear as removable chips, with **Clear all** to reset. **Shared documents** is a separate view for files other people in your organization shared with you.

If a connected drive has new files the library has not picked up, **Sync drive documents** refreshes it.

### Reading a row

| Column | What it tells you |
| --- | --- |
| **Status** | **Draft** (uploaded, not reviewed), **Reviewed** (analysis finished), or **Expired** (the stored copy is gone) |
| **Suggestion count** | How many findings the review produced |
| **Expiry** | “Expires in N days”, counting down to the auto-delete window you chose at upload |

Selecting rows reveals bulk actions. **Details** opens a side panel with the document’s history, including previous review runs and, where available, author history.

### Expiry, and what survives it

When a stored document expires, **the file is deleted**. A stub row can remain in the list with the name and timestamps, but the review itself does not survive: suggestions, verdicts, scores and version history are purged with the file. That is why an expired document cannot be opened — there is nothing left to open. Re-upload the source file to review it again.

NOTE: This is a deletion, not an archive. If the only copy was the one BriefCatch was holding, it is gone. Choose a drive destination at upload for anything you need to keep.

### When the library will not let you in

- **“You cannot review documents with your current plan”** — the account’s license does not include document review. See [Plans and licenses](https://support.briefcatch.com/home/web-app/plans-and-licenses?hsLang=en).
- **“Your trial has expired — upgrade to upload documents”** — the trial ended. Existing documents stay readable and exportable; uploading and analyzing stop until the license is active again.
- **“This document is still being processed”** — analysis has not finished. Wait rather than re-uploading; a duplicate upload starts a second, independent run.

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