> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://usepike.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Google Drive

> How to connect Google Drive to Pike to attach files and folders to projects, tasks, and customers, and create a folder for every new project.

The Google Drive integration links Google Drive files and folders to Pike projects, tasks, and customers, and creates a project folder for every new project. Files stay in Google Drive, with Google Drive sharing and permissions. Pike keeps the link next to the work.

## Turn on Google Drive

1. Go to **Workspace settings** → **Integrations** → **Google Drive**.
2. Click **Add integration** and sign in with a Google account.

Only workspace admins can turn Google Drive on or off. Google Workspace admins can allow the Pike app for the domain in the Google admin console, so members are not asked to approve it one by one.

## Connect your account

Go to **Settings** → **Connections** and connect your Google account. Each member connects their own account, so Pike opens only files that member can open in Google Drive.

## Attach files and folders

On a project, task, or customer, open **Files** and click **Add** → **Google Drive**. The Google Drive picker opens. Pick one or more files or folders.

* Pike shows the name, type, owner, last modified date, and a thumbnail where Google Drive has one.
* Click an attachment to open it in Google Drive.
* Paste a Google Drive link into a task description or comment, and Pike shows it as a preview card.

## Project folders

Turn on **Create project folders** in the integration settings and choose a shared drive or a folder in **My Drive**. Each new Pike project then gets a Google Drive folder named `Customer / Project number Project name`, with the subfolders from its [project template](https://usepike.com/docs/settings/templates.md), such as Contracts, Briefs, and Deliverables.

* The folder is linked on the project's **Files** tab.
* Renaming the project in Pike renames the folder.
* Archiving the project in Pike leaves the folder as it is.

## Disconnect

Turning Google Drive off removes the picker and stops creating project folders. Links already attached stay and open in Google Drive for anyone with access there. Members can disconnect their own account under **Settings** → **Connections**.

## Permissions

Google Drive decides who can open a file. Pike shows an attachment to members who can see the project, task, or customer, and Google Drive decides whether they can open it. Private projects stay private.

## Limits

* Pike links to files. It does not copy or store them.
* Shortcuts open the file they point to.

## Related

* [Google Drive integration overview](https://usepike.com/integrations/files): What syncs, how agencies use it, and FAQs.
* [OneDrive](https://usepike.com/docs/integrations/onedrive.md): Files in Microsoft 365.
* [Dropbox](https://usepike.com/docs/integrations/dropbox.md): Files and project folders in Dropbox.


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