Power Automate. Turn on suggestions. Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type. Showing results for. Search instead for. Did you mean:. See more ideas labeled with: General Flow Feature Idea. Back to Idea Exchange Previous Next. New Member. About a year ago, and again just a few months ago, Google Drive made some changes to the way they handle sharing files. There are some people that use Google Drive as a gateway to larger files for their clients like we do , or sometimes you just want an easy way to send someone a file.
They click on the Google Drive link and are greeted with this image to the right. First off, from a business stand point, it is very unprofessional when your customers have to be redirected from your page to Google Drive. It is even worse when the file the customer is downloading is not even downloaded right away, instead it is first previewed by Google Drive.
This causes extra confusion and an extra step to obtain that the customers need to figure out just to obtain their file. If I send a customer a link to their product, I expect that when they click on that link that the file will be downloaded, not previewed. Second, from a personal stand point, being able to send a file and not have to worry about if the receiver can figure out how to download it is a major plus.
There are many reasons why creating a direct link to a file is useful, and luckily there is an easy way to do this. How to create a download link with Google Drive. First off, Google Drive does not allow the user to create a direct download link natively. You will need to alter the URL of your shared file to enable direct download. There are two methods of creating a direct download link; with a third-party application or by yourself. To create a direct download link follow the steps below.
First is the steps to upload and share a file via Google Drive, which always has to be done before you can create a direct download link. How to Alter the URL manually. When you have your Google Drive Sharable Link copied you will need to paste the link somewhere so you can edit it. I suggest Notepad as it will be easy to see and edit without creating a clickable link. Your Sharable URL should look something like this:. First, you will need to look at the ID number of the file.
In the example above, the ID number is in red:. How this works is by telling Google, via a URL, what to do with the file instead of previewing it. Now when your customer or family member clicks on the link they will be directed to the file itself and not Google Drive default user interface.
This method does have drawbacks. Only files. And, this is rather time consuming when you have a bunch of files you need converted over. Above I explained how to complete this task on your own, now I am going to show you how easy it can be with a third-party application, G-Drive Linker.
Information on how to do it is at the bottom of the main page but the process will be tricky for many users. Downloading the file yourself when you want to expire it will have the same end result and is much easier. Visit File. AnonymousFiles lists on its homepage a number of things that it does or does not do to better look after your privacy. The service currently has a 5GB maximum file upload size.
To upload to AnonymousFiles, drop a file into the box on the web page or click in the box to choose a file manually. Right click on the Click to download button and copy the link to get the direct download link.
If you open the Options window from the main page, a box is available where you can enter an expiry date. This can be from 1 hour up to 6 months in the form of h, d, w, m. Visit AnonymousFiles. Most people are likely to already have a Google or Microsoft account with free cloud storage included. The websites listed below will do it for you automatically.
Just paste the link, click Generate and then Copy. Direct Link Generator. It also supports all Google Document types for download provided you have the share link and add a format type at the end. Simply paste in a link and click Generate. WonderPlugin is a WordPress plugin developer that hosts an online Google Drive direct link generator.
If you are going to freely share your direct links it would be better to create an account just for that purpose. You forgot the racaty. Majority of these websites listed in the article proxy the files through Cloudflare which breaks their terms and conditions.
Anon is the slowest in the list as everything goes through a VPN. The download page has no ads, trackers, or anything like that and you can right-click the download button and copy the link for a direct link. But gofile. Correction: gofile. You can also add ultifiles. Have you seen fireload. Galaxy is right, this is not a proper direct link service. Try to download the link from a different IP address and you get the not authorized error. When you try these services you have to make sure the direct link works with a different IP or they become almost useless.
Thank you so much! Hi Raymond. Its good to see you back.
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