Add Shared Files to My Drive (Not Shortcut)

Access Files from Shared with Me via Backup and SyncĪlthough you cannot use the shared drives via Backup and Sync, you have other ways to access files from Shared with me using Backup and Sync. That’s why you cannot access Shared Drives with Google Drive Backup and Sync. And the Google Drive Backup and Sync is for individual personal users. The files always stay in Shared Drives even if the members leave. Why cannot access Shared Drives with Backup and sync? Because Shared Drives (contains all the files from Shared with me) stores files only belongs to the team or organization, not a personal user. And you can only access the Google Drive Folder (owns all or part of the content in My Drive at ).

Question from How Backup and Sync access Shared Drives?Īs a matter of fact, the Backup and Sync desktop app cannot access the Shared Drives on your computer. For example, Google Docs appears as just a list of documents, instead of being contained in the folders in which the file owner created.' Accessing it through a browser is inconvenient and confusing. 'Hi, I'm using Backup & Sync on Windows, and would like to be able to access the 'Shared with me' folder in the Windows Explorer file manager. Can Backup and Sync access to Share with Me Folder?