Google Drive
Partly paid- Category
- Backup & Cloud
- Version
- 130.0.2.0
- Size
- ~265 MB
- Licence terms
- 15 GB free · more requires a paid plan
- Supported OS
- Windows 11 · 10
- Install method
- Automatic install supported
- Developer
- Downloads via this site
This links to Google’s own download source. AfterFormat neither stores nor modifies installer files.
What it is
Makes your Google Drive files appear in Windows Explorer as a drive. Rather than downloading everything, it shows the listing and fetches files when you open them, which keeps disk use low. Free storage is 15GB per account, shared with Gmail and Google Photos.
When to pick this
If you live in a Google account and open documents across devices. If you prefer keeping one folder in sync, Dropbox is simpler.
Details
Open directly in Explorer
It appears as a drive under This PC — no separate window. Double-click a document, edit and save, and the change is uploaded.
Streaming or mirroring
Choose between fetching files on demand and keeping a full local copy. On a laptop with a small drive, the former is better.
How the 15GB is counted
The 15GB covers Drive, Gmail attachments and Google Photos together, so an account with a large mailbox has less usable space than it looks.
Distribution
- winget ID
- Google.GoogleDrive
- Redistribution policy
- Official source link only
- Last checked
- 2026-09-09
- Official site
- https://www.google.com/drive/download/