--- title: Do I Need to License All Users to Back Up Only Shared Drives in Google Workspace? description: No, you do not need to purchase licenses for all users on your Google Workspace to backup only Shared Drives. To calculate the licenses required, get the total storage of your Shared Drives from your --- [Skip to content](https://help.syscloud.com/do-i-need-to-license-all-users-to-back-up-only-shared-drives-in-google-workspace-1#main-content) English Show submenu for translations [Create Ticket](https://help.syscloud.com/kb-tickets/new?hsLang=en) ![Untitled design (1)-Aug-01-2022-12-37-27-80-PM.png\]](https://help.syscloud.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Untitled%20design%20(1)-Aug-01-2022-12-37-27-80-PM.png?height=40&name=Untitled%20design%20(1)-Aug-01-2022-12-37-27-80-PM.png) - [Help Center](https://help.syscloud.com/) - [Go to SysCloud](https://www.syscloud.com/) Open main navigation Close main navigation - [Help Center](https://help.syscloud.com/) - [Go to SysCloud](https://www.syscloud.com/) - English Show submenu for translations - [Create Ticket](https://help.syscloud.com/kb-tickets/new) Hello. How can we help you? - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. 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In Step 4, choose **Google Workspace**, then select **Shared Drives** and pick the specific drives you want to protect. You do not need to add individual users during this setup.  Here are the detailed steps.  **Step 1:** -Name the backup job and give a description (optional). Click on “Next. ![Picture](https://help.syscloud.com/hs-fs/hubfs/undefined-Jun-18-2025-11-01-41-0302-AM.png?width=688&height=347&name=undefined-Jun-18-2025-11-01-41-0302-AM.png) **Step 2: -** Connect your Google Workspace Account  ![Picture](https://help.syscloud.com/hs-fs/hubfs/undefined-Jun-18-2025-11-02-00-2069-AM.png?width=688&height=346&name=undefined-Jun-18-2025-11-02-00-2069-AM.png) **Step 3: -** Select Google Workspace from the list of connected clouds and move to the next step. You don't have to select the users, as you are looking to backup only Shared Drives.  ![Picture](https://help.syscloud.com/hs-fs/hubfs/undefined-Jun-18-2025-11-02-15-6416-AM.png?width=688&height=344&name=undefined-Jun-18-2025-11-02-15-6416-AM.png) **Step 4: -** Choose Shared Drive and click on 'Select shared drive(s) to backup' to select specific shared drives.  'Configure auto-backup' will be disabled during free trial. You can enable auto-backup once you have upgraded to a paid subscription. (If auto-backup is enabled, all your existing shared drives will be backed-up and any newly added shared drive will automatically be backed-up in the next backup cycle.)  ![Picture](https://help.syscloud.com/hs-fs/hubfs/undefined-Jun-18-2025-11-02-29-0412-AM.png?width=688&height=305&name=undefined-Jun-18-2025-11-02-29-0412-AM.png) **Step 5: -** In the next step, you can select add-ons. 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