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Okay, so you've uploaded some files to Google Drive, and maybe even shared them with others. But what if you want to put them onto another device, or get them back onto your computer if you've lost the original files? Fortunately, Google Drive makes this a piece of cake!
How to download a file from Google Drive in 5 easy steps
Access Google Drive with a free Google account (for personal use) or Google Workspace account (for business use). Go to drive.google.com. Click a file to download. To download multiple files, press Command (Mac) or Ctrl (Windows) click any other files.
- Search the world's information, including webpages, images, videos and more. Google has many special features to help you find exactly what you're looking for.
- The Search Drive box expands down to show the results, grouped by previous searches, Google app documents, and other documents (even Gmail items). You also have the option to search the Web for what you typed in. Google Drive Search looks for the word or phrase you typed (and similarities) in both the document name and in the document content.
Go to drive.google.com in your web browser and log in.
Find the file on Google Drive that you wish to download, and then click on it to select it. Then click on the More Actions menu (it looks like three vertically-stacked dots) and select Download.
A download prompt should appear. Click on the button beside 'Save File' (if it isn't marked already) and then click OK.
An explorer window should pop up, allowing you to select where you would like to save your file. Navigate to the place where you want your file to download to, and then click Save.
(NOTE: If this window doesn't appear, check the Downloads folder on your computer.)
When your file finishes downloading, go to the location where you told it to download to, and it should be right there!
That's how to download a file from Google Drive! Quick and easy, right?
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Although Google Drive lets you download any Google Doc or Google Viewer files with your shared users, it is not very obvious like the Dropbox’s download button. You often have to instruct users to go to the File menu and then click Download As to download the file. This is very frustrating when you email or IM the Google Drive file link. The most common response from a user with whom you have shared a download file link is an email from Google Drive asking you to change the sharing settings. It would have been useful if Google Drive included a “Download” button next to the “Comments” and “Share” button. Until then you would have to be content with this little force download URL hack. An example of the URL that Google Drive generates for a doc will be something similar to
https://docs.google.com/document/d/0Ajm8mDIuTqeGdDl6LVdQeWJFTEdQQ2hfa0FXWVk2OUE/edit
To make Google Drive document downloadable you will have to know two things 1. The file code or id, which is a 44 character alphanumeric value in the shared URL that uniquely identifies that file. 2. The desired file format. These URL and formats are specific to the Google Drive file type Document. Below is a table which shows the different documents types, their download URL, and their respective formats.
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Non-Google doc File : https://docs.google.com/uc?id=[FILE_ID]&export=download
Format : none
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Google Document : https://docs.google.com/document/d/[FILE_ID]/export?format=[FORMAT]
FORMAT : docx, odt, rtf, pdf, txt, html
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Google Presentation : https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/[FILE_ID]/export?format=[FORMAT]
FORMAT : pptx, pdf, svg, png, jpg
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Google Drawings : https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/[FILE_ID]/export/[FORMAT]
FORMAT : pdf, svg, png, jpg