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title: Google Team Drive
slug: google-team-drive
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createdAt: 2025-02-03T13:28:47.489Z
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The Google Team Drive modules enable you to monitor, upload, update, copy, delete, or retrieve files and create folders in your Google Shared Drive.
## Getting Started with Google Shared Drives
Prerequisites
- A *G Suite* account
In order to use Google Team Drive with Make, it is necessary to have a G Suite account. If you do not have one, you can create a G Suite account at [gsuite.google.com/signup/basic/welcome](https://gsuite.google.com/signup/basic/welcome).
## Connecting Google Team Drive to Make
To connect your Google Team Drive account to Make follow the general instructions for [Connecting to services](docId\:SO88FM6pkT0G-adKDDfzZ).
After you click the *Continue* button, Make will redirect you to the Google website where you will be prompted to grant Make access to your account.
Confirm the dialog by clicking the *Allow* button.
## Triggers
### Watch Files
Returns file details when a new file is added and/or modified in the specified folder.
| **Connection** | [Establish a connection to your G Suite account](docId:_RCmfAe8u6HIRwRBamh7Z). |
| -------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Team Drive** | Select the shared drive you want to watch. |
| **Folder** | Select the folder within the shared drive. |
| **What files to watch** | Select the type of files you want to watch. |
| **Convert Google Documents files to format** | Select the format you want the watched files converted to. |
| **Watch** | Select whether you want to monitor the folder for *new and modified files* or just for *new files*. |
| **Maximum number of downloaded files** | Set the maximum number of files Make will return during one execution cycle. |
## Actions
### Upload a File
Uploads a file to the specified shared drive.
| **Connection** | [Establish a connection to your G Suite account](docId:_RCmfAe8u6HIRwRBamh7Z). |
| ------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Team Drive** | Select the shared drive you want to upload a file to. |
| **Folder** | Select the folder within the shared drive. |
| **Source File** | Specify the file you want to upload to the shared drive.
Map the file you want to upload from the previous module (e.g. *HTTP > Get a File* or *Dropbox > Get a file*), or enter the *file name* and *file data* manually. |
| **Title** | Enter the title of the file that will be displayed in the shared folder. |
| **Convert a File** | Enable this option to convert the file to the corresponding Google format in your shared folder. |
### Update a File
Allows you to change the file name and/or file content.
| **Connection** | [Establish a connection to your G Suite account](docId:_RCmfAe8u6HIRwRBamh7Z). |
| ------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Team Drive** | Select the shared drive that contains the file you want to update. |
| **Folder** | Select the folder within the shared drive. |
| **File ID** | Enter (map) the ID of the file you want to update. |
| **Source File** | Specify the new *file name* and new file *data*. |
| **Title** | Enter the new title for the updated file. |
| **Convert a File** | Enable this option to convert the file to the corresponding Google format in your shared folder. |
### Copy a File
Copies a specified file to the selected folder.
| **Connection** | [Establish a connection to your G Suite account](docId:_RCmfAe8u6HIRwRBamh7Z). |
| ----------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Team Drive** | Select the shared drive that contains the file you want to copy. |
| **Folder** | Select the target folder you want to copy the file to. |
| **File ID** | Enter (map) the ID of the file you want to copy. |
| **The name of the copy file** | Enter the new file name if you want it to be changed in the target location. |
### Delete a File
Deletes a specified file.
| **Connection** | [Establish a connection to your G Suite account](docId:_RCmfAe8u6HIRwRBamh7Z). |
| -------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **File ID** | Enter or map the ID of the file you want to delete. |
### Move a File to Trash
Moves a specified file to the trash bin.
| **Connection** | [Establish a connection to your G Suite account](docId:_RCmfAe8u6HIRwRBamh7Z). |
| -------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **File ID** | Enter or map the ID of the file you want to move to the trash bin. |
### Get a File
Retrieves details about the specified file.
| **Connection** | [Establish a connection to your G Suite account](docId:_RCmfAe8u6HIRwRBamh7Z). |
| -------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **File ID** | Enter or map the ID of the file you want to retrieve details about. |
### Get a File List
Retrieves files and/or folders details based on the search term.
| **Connection** | [Establish a connection to your G Suite account](docId:_RCmfAe8u6HIRwRBamh7Z). |
| -------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Team Drive** | Select the shared drive you want to list files from. |
| **Folder** | Select the folder you want to list files from. |
| **Search** | Select the type of search you want to perform - see below. |
| **Query** | - **Search within file names** - Enter the file name (including the file extension) when the *Search for exact term* **Search option** is selected or enter the part of the name when the *Search for names containing the searched term* option is selected.
- **Fulltext search** - Enter the search term to search through the file names, descriptions and contents.
- **Custom search query** - Enter the Google search query term. For more details please refer to the [Search Query Documentation](https://developers.google.com/drive/api/v2/ref-search-terms). Example: fullText contains '"Hello world"' |
### Create a Folder
Creates a new folder.
| **Connection** | [Establish a connection to your G Suite account](docId:_RCmfAe8u6HIRwRBamh7Z). |
| ------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Team Drive** | Select the shared drive where you want to create a folder. |
| **Folder** | Select the folder you want to create a folder in. |
| **The name of the new folder** | Enter the name of the new folder. |