Change Google Drive Default Folder Location in Windows

Google Drive for Windows is a client program that will let you sync online and local files. It also gives you the opportunity to transfer and share files to other users without going through the online login. When Google Drive for Windows is installed on the computer, selected files will be accessible from anywhere.

1. Disconnect Google Drive Account

Go to system tray and click on the Google Drive icon. Choose Preferences. It will open a window, click on  Disconnect Account. This will break your current connection so be sure that there is no existing file transfer before you execute this step.

2. Delete the existing Google Drive folder

Please delete the existing Google Drive folder as well as shortcut under the Favorites. You can execute this through Windows Explorer. No worries trust me.

3. Sign in again

Back again at the system tray, please click on Sign in. Enter your user name and password.

4. We do here

On the next screen, click on Advance Setup. Then, click on Change button and navigate to the new location of Google Drive folder. You can create a new folder by clicking on a Make New Folder button if you want the drive to be inside a folder. Choose a drive letter if you prefer Google Drive folder to be on the root.

5. Remember

Be sure that the folder you are choosing is empty, otherwise it will display the message “The Google Drive folder you selected is not empty. Please select an empty folder”, you have no other choice but to delete all contents of the target folder.

6. Done

Click Start Sync. That will set your new location as default Google Drive folder. You can now delete the old folder.


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