Download Google Drive folder on Android
Google Drive (GDrive) is part of the most important Google services. which, in turn, are usually integral part and native, in Android mobile devices. Therefore, it is always very convenient to use them as first option, at the time of any IT need important. Consequently, Google Drive is for many Android users an essential platform, in which, manage information (data) and safeguarding a large part of it is something routine and even vital.
In addition, GDrive has many extra features, such as allowing us to use it to be able to recover mobile contacts, loading it previously and then exporting it to our device. And even, it is used by third-party applications. For example, WhatsApp and also to manage your daily backups of the information of us, the users. So, for this and more, we have decided to make this new tutorial about it, but specifically, about how “download a folder from Google Drive on Android”.
And, before we start this new tutorial on how to “download a folder from Google Drive on Android”, we recommend that when you finish it, you explore other related contents with Google Drive and Android.
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Tutorial to download a folder from Google Drive on Android
Steps to Download a Google Drive Folder on Android
Before starting, it is worth noting that the Google Drive mobile app, it is almost never installed by default on Android mobiles. Reason why you should be installed manually, In most cases. And second, Google Drive does allow you to download entire folders, but only directly from its web version. So without further ado, these are the 2 possible modes for “download a folder from Google Drive on Android” easily and safely.
Way 1 – From the web version of Google Drive on Android
- Go to the Google Drive site
- Activate the desktop mode, pressing in the menu the “Desktop Site” option.
- Find and select the folder to download, preferably one at a time.
- Then we click on the top left menu (three vertical dots) la “Download” option.
- And we finish, decompressing the ZIP file obtained. Which, as is evident, brings with it all the files that are in that folder of the Google Drive service.
Note: Keep in mind that the download time will depend on the download speed of your Internet connection and the weight (size) of the selected folder.
Mode 2 – Allow offline access from the mobile app
- Assuming that we already have the mobile app installed, the first thing we must do is start GDrive on our mobile device.
- Next, we must locate and enter the folder that we want or need access without the need for an Internet connection. Once inside, we must now select files (some or all) that we really need to access.
- Once this is done, the next step is to go to the top left menu, and press the “Allow (enable) offline access” option. Then we wait for GDrive to notify us that the file is ready to be managed without an Internet connection.
- And we finish, checking that everything is perfectly fine, that is, accessible to the file or files offline, deactivating our data connections (Data Plan and Wi-Fi). And going then, to the offline files folder, through the top right menu (3 horizontal lines) and pressing the “Offline” option. Once inside, we can see and manage them.
Note: Please note that the files located in the offline files folder they will be there available, until the process is reversed. That is, selecting them and pressing now on the upper left menu, the “Offline access” option.
More information related to GDrive
In case you want to dig a little deeper into the use of Google Drive when downloading files, we leave you at hand, the next official link of Google. And failing that, as usual, you can always go directly to the google drive help system for more information and support. Furthermore, it is important to remember that when download own data from Google cloud, we also have the service called Google Takeout, which we invite you to explore and learn about.
For the rest, we can only add that, in case of having completed this useful little tutorial on how “download a folder from Google Drive on Android”, it has been useful to you achieve such success with a goal. However, whatever the result, it will also be a pleasure to know how it seemed to you or how it worked, through the comments.
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