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How to use Google Drive Enhanced

Back up to a Google Drive subfolder

Section titled Back up to a Google Drive subfolder

Follow these steps to back up to a Google Drive subfolder instead of the default ‘UpdraftPlus’ folder.

1. Install and Activate UpdraftPlus

Section titled 1. Install and Activate UpdraftPlus

If you haven’t already, purchase, install and activate UpdraftPlus Premium.

Click Google Drive on the UpdraftPlus >> Settings tab.

In the the 'Choose your remote storage' section, select Google Drive

Scroll down, enter your folder name and click Save Changes.

UpdraftPlus Google Drive page

Click Sign in with Google to start the authentication process.

In the 'Remote storage authentication' dialogue select the 'Sign in with Google' button to connect your Google cloud account

Click the name of your Google account from the list.

Click Continue.

Connect your Google account by allowing your account to connect

Click Continue.

Connect your Google account by allowing account access

Click Complete setup.

To complete Google cloud setup click the 'Complete setup' button which will redirect you back to UpdraftPlus settings page

Click Backup Now on the UpdraftPlus >> Backup / Restore tab.

UpdraftPlus Backup/Restore page

Check the options for Send this backup to remote storage and Google Drive, then click Backup Now.

Select 'Google Drive' in a 'Perform a backup' dialogue to take a new backup

Your backup is secured on Google Drive and is accessible from UpdraftPlus >> Backup / Restore >> Existing backups.

UpdraftPlus Existing backups log

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