How to Change Folder Location on Google Drive on Android - Steps Open Google Drive. Tap ⁝ on the folder you want to move. Tap the destination folder. By default, all the folders in your Google Drive are grey. You can quickly change the colors of the folders to help you visually organize your Drive.

Note: Drive Sync is no longer supported from May 12, 2018.

Use this tip to change the default folder location in Windows

When you download Google Drive to your PC a default folder will be created in C:Users[your name]Google Drive. If you want to change the name or location of this folder you can do so by following the steps below. This tip is useful if you need the Google Drive folder to have a standard url for all your company - for 3rd party apps for example.

  1. Click on the Google Drive icon in your system tray (usually bottom right of your Windows task bar)
  2. Click on the 3 dots icon top right and choose Preferences
  3. Click on the Account tab and choose Disconnect account, your Drive will be disconnected but your files will stay on your PC
  4. Click on the Google Drive icon again
  5. Sign in when asked, step through the set up until you reach a screen with the option Advanced setup or Finished - click on Advanced setup
  6. Click Change to choose the folder name and location - if you choose an existing folder it must be empty
  7. Your files will now be re-synced down to your PC in this new location
  8. Delete the old folder and files - if you want to.

An alternative method, without disconnecting your account:

  1. Click on the Google Drive icon in your system tray
  2. Choose Quit Google Drive
  3. Now move the Google Drive folder within Windows Explorer to a new location - or rename it
  4. Restart Google Drive from Start --> All Programs
  5. Google Drive will warn you that it can't find the folder, click on the Google Drive icon again and choose Error - Google Drive folder is missing
  6. A window will open up, choose Locate folder and go find the new Google Drive folder.

Let us know if you have any other tips on moving the Google Drive default location in the comments.

Google’s Backup and Sync tool allows you to sync specific Folder on computer with Google Drive. You may want to use this option, in case you only want to back up specific Folders to Google Drive and not the entire desktop.

Sync Specific Folder On Computer With Google Drive

By default, Google’s Backup and Sync tool syncs your entire Desktop, Documents and Pictures Folders to Google Drive.

However, in case you do not like your entire Desktop syncing to Google Drive, it is possible to setup Google’s Backup and Sync tool to sync only a specific folder on your computer with Google Drive.

Once any Folder on your computer is synced with Google Drive, any files that you add to the Synced Folder will be copied to your Google Drive account as a backup.

Any changes that you make to Synced Folder (Add, Delete or Modify Files) will get automatically synced with the back of the Folder on Google Drive.

How to Sync Specific Folder on Computer With Google Drive

The first step is to download Backup and Sync tool as available on Google Drive for both Mac and Windows PC.

Once “Backup and Sync” is downloaded to your computer, launch the tool by clicking on it and it will take you to an information screen. Click on Get Started to start the process of setting up a specific folder on your computer to backup and sync to Google Drive.

On the next screen, Login to your Gmail Account by entering your Gmail User Name and Password. Once you are logged in, you will see an information screen, click on Got it to move to the next step.

On the next screen, you can uncheck Desktop and also uncheck Documents and Pictures, in case you do not want Pictures and Documents on your computer to be syncing with Google Drive.

After unchecking Desktop and other Folders, click on Choose Folder Link and on the next screen click on the Specific Folder on your computer that you want to Sync with Google Drive.

Once the Folder is selected, you can select Photo and Video upload size to Google Drive (see explanation below) and click on the Next button.

Mac os wps. If you choose High Quality, Google will convert uploaded Photos to 16 MP size and in-turn provide you with unlimited Free storage for these photos on Google Drive.

If you choose Original Quality, Photos will be uploaded to Google Drive in the same format as shot by your Camera, but the uploads will count towards your allowed Google Drive storage limit.

On the next screen, uncheck Sync My Drive to this computer option and click on the Start button.

Now, only the Specific Folder that you had selected in above steps will get Synced with your Google Drive Account.

As mentioned above, all the Files that you Add to this specific Folder on your computer will also be available on Google Drive as a backup copy.

Any changes made to the Synced Folder (Add, Delete or Modify Files) will get automatically synced to the backup on Google Drive.

You can take a look at the Google Drive backup of the specific Folder at any time by clicking on the Cloud Icon located in the taskbar and then clicking on the Google Drive icon.

To see the backup, expand the Computer section and click on your computer name.

Change Google Drive Folder

In case you have more than one computer, you can provide a unique name to each of your computers by renaming them (See image above).