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How to export the entire Google Drive for user? 

Follow these steps to export a user’s entire Google Drive archive from the SysCloud backup application.

Steps

Step 1: Log in to the SysCloud backup application using your credentials.

Step 2: Go to Archives.

  

Step 3: From the cloud navigation bar on the left, select Google Workspace.

  

Step 4: Under Google Workspace, select Google Drive.

  

Step 5: Select the checkbox next to the user whose Google Drive archive you want to export.

  

Step 6: Click Export.

  

Step 7: In the Export - App pop-up, select the required snapshot date for Point-in-time export.

  

Step 8: If you want to include the export of files shared with the user as well as the files owned by the user, then select the checkbox for including files “Shared with me”

  

Step 9: Add a comment, if required. The comment will be shown in the export report.

  

Step 10: Click Export.

  

The export process will be initiated for the selected user’s Google Drive archive.

Step 11:View export status: Go to Reports > Export report to check the export status and download the exported data when it is ready. The download link is available for 7 days. The contents will be downloaded in a zipped file.

  

Google Drive Export formats on unzipping the downloaded file:

File category Original file formats SysCloud export format
Documents TXT, PDF, DOCX, DOC, XLSX, PPTX, RTF, ODP, ODS, ODT, PBIX Original format
Google-native files Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Slides Google Docs: DOCXGoogle Sheets: XLSXGoogle Slides: PPTX
Google Forms Google Forms Unsupported
Audio OGG, WAV, MP3 Original format
Video WMV, MP4, MOV, AVI Original format
Images SVG, GIF, PNG, JPG Original format
Other file types SQL, ZIP, EXE, JSON, CSV, XML Original format

The existing folder structure is retained after export.

The time taken to generate the download link depends on the number of files and their size.