Download All Files From Google Drive

Download All Files From Google Drive
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Tej Pratap Shukla Modified: 2018-12-24T06:22:31+00:00 Cloud

In the modern era, the cloud has become a safe and reliable platform that helps many organizations to save valuable data. One such cloud storage service is Google Drive that plays an important role these days. Basically, it is used among personal users, enterprise users or school administrators to save files in the cloud. Whenever you create a new Google Drive account, it offers 15GB of free space for saving Google Photos, Gmail, Google+, etc. You can easily expand space by availing many subscription plans. Or, you can share entire Google Drive with someone to free up storage space. Here, we are going to discuss a complete solution to let users understand how to export multiple files from Google Drive. Before that, let us know a few things before performing the bulk migration.

Few Points to Remember

There is one thing you can be sure of paying for a license of a specialized tool, any alternate solution is not available to switch consumer account to business account. Secondly, such as formatting; if you have multiple files that are not formatted as Google Docs, your formatting can be off if you need to export multiple files from Google Drive during the transition. Lastly, if you share files with someone, you can record sharing and permission settings manually then, you reassign them once you have done the transition. Let’s talk about Google’s Drive API, there is no convenient method to export the Access Control List (ACL) from Google consumer account. Some of the major limitations you might face while migrating multiple files from Google Drive:

If something goes wrong then, you will be prepared to lose the formatting
The process is quite lengthy and need to be done in multiple parts
Note down sharing & permission settings manually if they are so powerful to preserve

Manual Approach to Transfer Multiple Files to Google Drive

First, you need to place everything in the Export Folder. Most probably, you do not want to transfer everything, but if you do, select each folder and drag all of them to a new folder under the root directory named “Export”. It can be possible for when you need to download all files at once, which is mentioned below:

How to download a file from Google Drive in 5 easy steps 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. Google Drive allows you to store all sorts of files in one accessible place. A basic, free account lets you store 15 GB in your Google Drive, while you can also get 100 GB of storage from Google.

Download your Export Folder

After creating the Export folder and move all contents of Google Drive to it, right-click on the folder and choose the Download option

Depending on the number of files you can download, it will take much time for Google servers to compress files in the downloadable .zip file. Keep a watch on progress indicator at the bottom of the window screen.

It is worth to note that Google docs formatting will automatically convert into a respective Microsoft format, thus Slides to PowerPoint, Sheets to Excel, etc., while other documents will be migrated at the same time. Do not worry, you will have an option to get them back to Google format in the next step.

Expand Zip File & Upload Everything to a New Account

Once a Google has finished compressing all files and folders, the file will start downloading to your system that depends on the download settings. You must be prepared to wait a few minutes especially if you have multiple files in Google Drive.
Go to the downloaded .zip file, expand it, and now, you can see the old folder structure. c) After that, you can open the Google account that you wish to migrate, and choose Settings, which is accessible by clicking the top-left gear icon. You can see the settings which turn over Convert files, and it may get tricky for you.

Note: Google formatted files were automatically converted into Office format during download. You need to convert these files back to their original Drive format. In that case, make sure to mark “Convert Uploads” checkbox

Next, go to the Drive, and select all within the expanded folder on your computer and drag them into a new Google Drive folder; it will also preserve the file structure.

Once Google Drive app finishes file and folder synchronization then, you are ready to go. To free space in the personal account, you have to go back and remove the Export folder, but after verifying all files made it through the entire process. You can execute this by doing the comparison of Google Drives by signing in to every account in a separate Chrome instance.

Time to Conclude

Google Drive is the best platform to save important files, which can be easily accessed from anywhere. But, sometimes, users try to export multiple files from Google Drive. Thus, in this blog, we have discussed a step-by-step procedure to move multiple files in Google Drive without any hassle. Make sure you must follow each step very carefully. However, if a user looking for a hassle-free solution, without any doubt trySysTools Google Drive Migratortool. It overcomes all the limitations of manual approaches like it transfer permissions also from one Google Drive to another Google Drive.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is it possible to share multiple files from Google Drive at once?

Yes, you can move multiple files from one Google Drive to another account, but you must have permission to do so in every folder.

How to assign permission while sharing any file on Google Drive?

Follow the steps mentioned below:
Step 1: Right-click on the file that you want to share
Step 2: Click on the Share option
Step 3: Then, enter the email address with whom you want to share data
Step 4: Click on the Edit icon drop-down right besides the email address field
Step 5: Choose the permission you want to grant between Can Edit, Can Comment, and Can View
Step 6: At last, click on the Done button

How to Export files from Trash folder of Google Drive?

If you want to move files fromTrash folder directly, then it is not possible. You first need to restore all deleted items back. Alternatively, you can take help of Google Drive Migrator tool for direct migration.

Is it possible to export multiple files from Google Drive to multiple accounts? Download All Files From Google Drive

Yes, you can easily transfer multiple files from one drive to another account at once. You just need to enter the email addresses of the respective accounts in the given field.

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Introduction

Cloud Storage can be a very convenient way you can store your data (photos, videos, music etc.) remotely using platforms like iCloud and Google Drive. You can then access your data stored in the cloud via the internet using any of your devices (computers, mobile devices etc.).

As the demand for more and higher quality media increases, so too does the requirement for more space to store such media. Since the hardware (e.g. a hard drive in an iPhone) cannot keep up with this demand, people turn to Cloud Storage to store their data - this keeps space free on their mobile device.

Google Drive is Google's answer to the people's calls for cloud storage.

Get the most out of your Drive - get rid of duplicates to save yourself time and money.

So, you've set up your Google Drive and have saved some files there. How do you download those files to your computer or to your phone?

Quick Jump to:

Method 1: Download files from Google Drive to PC

First, ask yourself whether you want to transfer certain files from Google Drive to your computer, or whether you would prefer to always keep your computer and Google Drive in sync.

The first option will do for those who only want certain files from their Google Drive, or who only rarely need Google Drive files on their computer.

For those who always want access to their Google Drive files from their computer, I would recommend using Google's 'Backup & Sync' app. Any files added, removed or edited on Google Drive will be reflected automatically on your computer, so you can keep all your up to date files in both locations at once.

Let's see how to download from Google Drive to PC:

Open the Google Drive website (https://drive.google.com/).
If you're not logged into your Google account already, click 'Go to Google Drive' and enter your details.
Select all the files that you wish to download. You can hold the 'ctrl' key on your keyboard while clicking multiple files to select many files at once. Or after clicking a file, hit 'ctrl + A' on your keyboard to select all files in your Drive. If you are using a Mac, use 'cmd' instead of 'ctrl'.
Click the menu icon in the top-right corner of the window to access More Actions.
Click 'Download'.
Your files will be downloaded from Google Drive to your computer as a zipped file. To access these files on your computer, you'll first need to extract them (you'll find an 'Extract' option when you open the folder in File Explorer).

Now let's see how to sync files from Google Drive to PC. The Backup & Sync setup wizard will take you through this process, but I've noted the steps below for you as well:

Download Google's 'Backup & Sync' from https://www.google.com/drive/download/
Click 'Agree and Download' to begin the download.
Double-click the downloaded file to begin the installation.
When the install is complete, click 'Get Started'.
Sign in to your Google Account.
If you wish to also sync folders from your computer with Google Drive, check the relevant checkboxes (when you add, edit or remove files in these folders, they will also be reflected in Google Drive).
Click 'Next' to continue with the setup.
Click 'Got It' to proceed.
Check 'Sync My Drive to this computer'.
Choose to either sync all folders from Google Drive with your computer, or to only sync certain folders.
Click 'Start' to download files from Google Drive to your computer.

Depending on how many files you have chosen to sync, the download may take some time. However, when the download is complete, you will be able to access your Google Drive files on your computer.

To do this, open File Explorer on your computer, then click 'Google Drive' from the left-hand column.

Method 2: Download from Google Drive to iPhone

Downloading files from your Google Drive to your iPhone is easy, but first, you'll need the Google Drive app on your iPhone.

If you've not already got the Google Drive app on your iPhone, you can download it from the App Store.

How to download files from Google Drive to iPhone:

Open the Google Drive app on your iPhone.
Tap the menu icon next to the file you wish to download.
Tap 'Open In'.
Select the app to open the file in, and it will be downloaded to your device.

How to download photos and videos from Google Drive to iPhone:

Open the Google Drive app on your iPhone.
Tap the menu icon next to the photo or video you wish to download.
Tap 'Send a Copy'
Tap 'Save Image' or 'Save Video'.
The file will be added your iPhone Photos app.

Method 3: Delete Duplicates from Google Drive

So, we've seen how to download files and photos from Google Drive to your computer and to your iPhone.

However, you may find that in the process of transferring files from place to place or saving files from different devices; that you will accumulate duplicates of some of your files.

Not only are duplicate files annoying and messy, but they take up valuable space in your Google Drive. Since you only get 15GB free space with Google Drive, duplicates can eat away at this allowance and may eventually cause you to consider upgrading to gain more space even though you may not need to.

There's a simple remedy for this issue - Duplicate Sweeper.

Duplicate Sweeper is a handy tool for your Windows PC or Mac which scans your folders and deletes duplicate files based on your preferences. It can save you hours or even days of looking through folders and files to discover if files are duplicated and considering which ones to move.