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We've all come across that unwanted web page that opens when you click a Google Drive file link. Luckily, with a workaround, you tin make a directly download link for your files and featherbed that spider web page. We'll show yous how.

Catechumen a Google Bulldoze File Link to a Direct Download

This workaround uses your shared file'southward ID in a custom link to enable directly download for your file. You lot can apply this method on all your devices, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Chromebook, iPhone, iPad, and Android.

We'll apply a desktop spider web browser for the demonstration.

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Start past opening a web browser on your reckoner and accessing the Google Bulldoze site. On the site, notice the file for which you want to make a straight download link.

Select a file on Google Drive.

Right-click your file and select "Share" from the menu.

Right-click a file and select "Share" from the menu on Google Drive.

A "Share with People and Groups" window will open. If yous'd simply like select people to be able to download your file, share your file with them. Or, to allow anyone on the internet to download your file, click the "Change to Anyone with the Link" choice at the bottom of this window. Nosotros'll employ the latter option.

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Configure file sharing options on Google Drive.

On the same "Share with People and Groups" window, from the "Become Link" section, select "Re-create Link." This copies the link to your Google Bulldoze file.

Select "Copy Link" from the "Share with People and Groups" window on Google Drive.

Your copied link should look something like the post-obit. From this link, copy the text that'southward betwixt d/ and /view . This is the unique file ID for your Google Bulldoze file.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Q7MB6smDEFd-PzpqK-3cC2_fAZc4yaXF/view?usp=sharing

Copy the unique file ID from the Google Drive file link.

In the following link, replace FILEID with the unique file ID that you lot copied from above.

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

Your last link should look like to this:

https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1Q7MB6smDEFd-PzpqK-3cC2_fAZc4yaXF

And that'south the direct download link for your selected Google Bulldoze file. Click the link or paste it into your browser, and instead of displaying a web folio, it will immediately start the file download. Very handy!

On a related note, did you know you lot can create "Make a Copy" links to your Google Drive files?

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