Copy entire folders in Google Drive

Easily copy folders/files in Google Drive

Important notes on Sharing settings or File Restrictions

Before duplicating any files or folders, ensure that their sharing settings are not restricted. If you have read access to these files or folders, but the owner has restricted their Sharing Settings, then you will not be able to copy them. In this situation, Folgo will also be unable to duplicate or copy them. To check whether Folgo has copied your files, refer to the accompanying process report. 

To remedy this, ask the folder/files owner to change theSharing Settings. Learn more about this in Google’s article on how to Stop, limit, or change sharing.

Steps on duplicating folders

1. Initialize the copy feature.

Once Folgo is open > click Copy folder.

2. Select the source folder.

You will see a prompt saying : 👈 Select a folder to copy.

The 👈 pointing finger prompts you to choose a source folder within Google Drive (and not in the Folgo sidebar).

Navigate/locate and select your source folder.

Once selected, the Folgo UI will update and display your chosensource folder.

3. (Optional) Change the location of your destination folder.

By default, Folgo will save your duplicated folder in thesame root folder as your source folder (My Drive in our example). If you prefer the default location, skip this altogether and proceed to Step 4.

But if you already have a target destination folder prepared in advance, follow the steps below.

a. In the Copy location field, change the location to your destination folder by clicking edit (pencil icon ✏️).

The 👈 pointing finger prompts you to choose a destination folder within Google Drive (and not in the Folgo sidebar).  

b. Navigate/locate and click your target destination folder > the destination field will update with your chosen folder > click SAVE.

Once saved, the Folgo UI will display both yourCopy folder and Destination folder (see image below).

4. Supplementary file management options.

In this example, we’ll leave both checkmarks unchecked since we want to copy everything (folders and files) and use our own Sharing Settings permissions. 

Depending on your needs, you can enable any, all, or none of the file management options:

⬜Copy folder structure only

• Leave this unchecked to copy everything (including subfolders and files within).
• Otherwise, tick it to copy only the folder to serve as containers.

⬜Keep files & folders permissions

• Check this if you want to retain the original Sharing Settings permission of the originating folder.
• Otherwise, leave it unticked to bypass the original permissions and use your own instead. 

5. Activate the copy process.

Click the COPY button to initialize the duplication process.

This is possible (and safe) because Folgo will process everything using Google servers (operating behind the scenes). 

Later on, you will receive an email notifying you that the duplication of your folder/s is completed.

6. (Optional) Check the current status.

Click REFRESH if you want to check the current status of the duplication process. 

If you decide to refresh the status, this may take a while and the duration will depend on the number of folders/files that are being copied.

If you opt to receive the email notification from Folgo (titled Folgo - Your folder copy is finished!), proceed to step 7.

7. View your copied folder.

Once the duplicate process is completed (by clicking theRefresh button on the Folgo sidebar or via Folgo’s email notification titled Folgo - Your folder copy is finished!), you can now: 

• Open the copied folder/files

  and the :

• SupplementaryProcess report (Inspection/Audit report) that contains all your files and their metadata