Save to Google Drive

Save web content or screen capture directly to Google Drive.

What is Save to Google Drive?

"Save to Google Drive" is a convenient browser utility that allows users to save internet content directly to their Google Drive account. It offers options to save web pages, images, audio, videos, and even documents straight into your Google Drive. Ideal for swiftly taking browser captures or saving online documents for offline use. The extension also ensures easy access and file management with Drive's sharing and organizing features. Note that its extension options can be configured to user’s preferences.

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Extension stats

By: https://drive.google.com

View on Chrome Web Store

Users: 7,000,000+

Rating: 3.92 (4,829) ▲ 1 new ratings

Version: 3.0.8 (Last updated: 2024-04-03)

Creation date: 2014-06-16

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

contextMenus
identity
printerProvider
notifications
pageCapture
storage
tabs
webRequest
scripting

Host permissions:

<all_urls>

Size: 702.46K

Email: dr*****@google.com

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

Ranking

# 62

Other rankings

#2868 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 1

#4 in Extensions starter kit

#4 in Chrome Web Store Home Page Top Banner

#1 in drive keyword 50

#2 in save keyword 73

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Extension summary

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The Save to Google Drive Chrome extension helps you save web content or browser screenshots to your Google Drive.

Adds a browser action to save the current page.
Adds a right-click context menu to save hyperlinks and media.
Configurable through an options page.
Save a PDF of the current page via the Chrome Print menu

This extension allows you to save web content directly to Google Drive through a browser action or context menu. You can save documents, images, and HTML5 audio and video all by right clicking and selecting 'Save to Google Drive'. You can save the currently viewed page using the 'Save to Google Drive' browser action or as a PDF from the Chrome Print menu.. The directory location and format of saved HTML pages can be controlled with the extension's options page (Choice of Entire image (default), Visible image, Raw HTML, MHTML, or Google Doc). You can automatically convert Microsoft Office files or comma separated files to Google Docs format.

After your content is saved, the progress dialog allows you to open the file, rename, or view the file in the Google Drive document list. From the document list, you can organize and share your new document.

To save a file:// URLs, or to enable in incognito mode, go to chrome://extensions/ and enable the associated checkbox.

Due to security restrictions, this extension cannot capture chrome:// pages or Chrome Web Store pages.

User reviews

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Pros

Takes a screenshot of your current tab and saves it to Google Drive.
Useful for saving content directly to Google Drive.
Overall good functionality if it works properly.

Cons

Does not consistently save in desired formats (e.g., saves as .png instead of .pdf).
Experiences frequent errors (e.g., 'Image capture failed', 'invalid_request').
Does not work on Brave browser.

Most mentioned

Issues with saving files in the preferred format.
Technical errors when trying to use the extension.
Incompatibility with Brave browser.

Recent reviews

Marcante, 2024-11-14

To get it to be a editable google document aka Google Docs make sure to select "Convert saved link to Google editor format" in the misc section

RH Herter, 2024-11-12

Access blocked: Authorization Error Custom scheme URI not allowed. If you are a developer of Google Keep, see error details. Error 400: invalid_request