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Google Drive

With data.world's Google Drive integration, you can transfer and sync files from Drive to data.world in seconds.

Upload files from Google Drive.

Transferring data from Google Drive to data.world is easy through the Add Data menu:

  1. From the Add Data menu, choose New File.

  2. Choose Add new Google Drive from the resulting modal. You may need to choose the All tab to view the Google Drive option.

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  3. Authenticate your desired Google Drive account, then select your account from the New File modal. You may need to choose New File from the Add Data menu again after authenticating your Google Drive account.

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  4. Choose file(s) from the resulting list to upload.

    You can use Shift, Ctrl, and Cmd keyboard functions to select multiple files, depending on your operating system.

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What next?

Here are a few things you can do with Google Drive and data.world:

  • Keep your synced files up to date by going to the Settings section of your dataset or project and editing the Automatic Sync Options.

  • Add your team's Drive files to data.world to further explore your data and collaborate with your team.

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