How to make a Google Drive link into a direct link so you can download it directly

When you want to organize files online, or cloud-based, the first thing that comes to mind is Google Drive, and also when you want to download files on the Internet, many links point to Google Drive.

What is Google Drive

Google Drive is one of Google's services that allows users to be able to organize files and data on the cloud from Google so that users can store files outside the limits of the hard drive.

We can use Google's file storage service for free without paying any fees, and if we want to get more features, Google Drive also provides a paid service for users to be able to enjoy a wider range of features.

Google Drive is not only generally used to store files on the Internet, it is also usually used to share files or documents with other people, by creating a share link and giving permission to download access.

How to make a direct link on Google Drive directly download with one click

By default, Google Drive will set every time the Google Drive file share link is clicked, a pop up will appear showing a preview of the document first, so that people can see the document to be downloaded before deciding whether to download it or not.

But if you want to directly make it into a direct link, so that it can be downloaded directly with one click, we can make the settings as follows:

Direct Download settings manually:

1. Open Drive and highlight the file to be downloaded, and right-click to get the link for the file to be shared (Get Link)

get link

2. select "anyone with the link", then select copy

Setting Permission

3. After that we will get a URL Link file whose model is more or less like this

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nhJnQgTTppEwzKdjPu4yg8fEfnNzaNrE/view?usp=sharing

4. The line of code in bold blue is the code for the Google Drive file, combine it with the line of code below

https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=Your Drive Link Code

so it becomes like this:

https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1nhJnQgTTppEwzKdjPu4yg8fEfnNzaNrE

Direct Link Generator

If it feels complicated, we can use an easier way, by using a generator. Just visit this site:

>> Google Direct Link Generator 

1. When you enter the site, you will be given the following form:

Direct Link Generator

2. Fill in the Drive link that we want to convert, then select Create Direct Link

Direct Link

3.Copy the converted link in the output link to get the converted link to direct link

https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1nhJnQgTTppEwzKdjPu4yg8fEfnNzaNrE

Additional tips for shortening long URLs as above, if you want to share on social media

If the link is too long, we can take advantage of a URL shortening platform or a popular URL Shortener Service such as Bit.ly

at https://bit.ly, we just need to register and paste our link there to make it shorter

Convert URL

we can even Custom the URL according to what we want, for example like this:

Custom URL

So that the URL we get can be short like this: https://bit.ly/downloadDOC21

That's how to make a Direct link on Google Drive and how to shorten a long URL, hopefully this trick can be useful, thank you