![]() ![]() Notice that I also checked the “Available offline” selection for the folder I created. And I delete all of these single-use files at the end of every day from my Chromebook. So saving them all to Google Drive is a waste of space. I download many photos for this blog, for example, but I only need them once. This is because I often create, modify or view some files on my device that I don’t want or need after I take some action on them. and it’s a sub-folder of the main Downloads folder. Set up a specific folder or choose the standard Downloads folderįor my purposes, I decided to create a new folder in My Drive under the Google Drive option in the Files app. Short of remoting into the Chromebook with your Downloads, this is probably your best option to accomplish that task. You might want to do this because you want access to those files on another Chromebook or from another device entirely. ![]() In any case, here’s how to store your Chromebook data both locally for offline access and online with Google Drive. Google no longer uses this language when marketing Chromebooks. That’s not the case and it never has been at least not by default. Here’s how to change a Chromebook Downloads folder to Google Drive.įor starters, I should note that Google used to advertise Chromebooks as storing all data in the cloud. But, what if you want to have all the files locally stored on your Chromebook essentially backed up? You can easily do that. ![]() By default, the Chromebook Downloads folder is simply a local storage area on your device called “Downloads”.
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