You can use this API to download large files while skipping the zip, virus scan, and other intermediary steps that otherwise slow down your download process. Google Drive offers an API to allow third-party apps and programs access to the contents of a Google Drive without needing a range of special permissions or configurations. If it doesn’t: Method 1: Using the Google Drive API Still, if your file isn’t too large and if you don’t have a lot of files to download, this option may work just fine for you. If you have many different files in different folders that you’d like to download, manually downloading them all in your browser could be tedious and time-consuming.
Google has anti-virus software checks on their files, browsers can get bogged down with multiple tabs, cache, and cookies, extensions can slow things down, and large files can take forever. So why wouldn’t you want to download files this way?
” icon), then choose where you want to save the file. If it’s a zip, you can right-click on the file within your file list and click “Download.” After opening your document, click File, Download, and choose the format you want to download. Google Drive lets you download files natively, but you probably already knew that. Unfortunately, you’ll need to repeat this process for each file you want to download. You will use this file ID in just about every alternative method to download a large Google Drive file, so you’ll want to keep it on hand. The string you want to keep is everything after “/d/” and before “/view?” In this example, it would be “ 1LcRQS9s35f4ra5FZrHd9rZEyh1FAm5bN” as your File ID. It will look something like this: 1LcRQS9s35f4ra5FZrHd9rZEyh1FAm5bN/view?usp=sharing You’ll then want to paste this link somewhere you can store it, like in a text document. Note: If you need to access your files on a device that isn’t logged into your Google Drive account, you’ll have to edit your permissions under “General access.” However, you should understand that this is a security issue, as anybody with this link can access and download your file. Click “Copy link” in the bottom left-hand corner. This action will open the Google Drive share menu. Once you’ve located your large file, right-click on it and click the “Get link” option. You can do this on the web or by using a file browser, Windows Explorer, macOS Finder, or any other means of accessing your Drive that you prefer. To find the file ID, you need to access Google Drive somehow. 
So, rather than repeat the instructions every time, we’ll tell you how to find your file ID first luckily, it’s pretty easy. Nearly every method you can use to download a large file from Google Drive will require you to know the file ID for the file you want to download.
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