What is Google Drive Direct Link Generator?
Google Drive Direct Link Generator is a free tool that allows you to generate direct download links for your Google Drive files and folders.
You can generate direct download links for any type of Google Drive file. For example, you can generate links for images (jpg, png, webp, svg, ttf, psd, ai, etc. ), documents (docs, doc, PDF, html, txt, etc. ), and videos/audio files as well.
Preview your files
When you insert the Google Drive file link in the input field, this tool will generate a preview for the file if supported.
How to generate Google Drive direct download link?
If you want to generate direct download links for your Google Drive files, then follow these steps.
Step #1: Get Google Drive file link
1. Sign in to your Google Drive account.
2. Right-click on the file you want to get the sharing link of.
3. Click on the Get link.
4. Switch from Restricted to Anyone with the link.
5. Click on the Copy link button.
Step #2: Generate the link
- Paste the URL you copied earlier in the input field.
- Click on Generate button.
- Copy the link by clicking on the Copy button.
How to generate direct download link for Google Drive folders?
If you want to generate a direct download link for Google Drive folders just like the files, then you need to follow a couple of steps that help you do so.
Although it is not possible to generate a direct download link for the Google Drive folders using this tool, so here is an alternative trick, that you can use to generate direct download links for folders.
Step #1: Download The Google Drive Folder
Download the Google drive folder to your computer or mobile which your want to create a direct download link. When you download the folder, Google Drive will compress your all files in the folder to a .zip file and starts downloading.
The reason we are compressing files to .zip or .rar format, is we can compress many files to a zip which works like a folder.
Step #2: Upload the Zip file to Google Drive
Once the compressed folder is downloaded, now you can upload it to your Google Drive account.
Or alternatively, you can compress the files as a single zip file on your computer and upload it to your Google Drive account.
Step #3: Get sharing link for Zip file
Get the sharing public URL for your zip file and insert it in the input field and Generate a direct download link.