{"id":"cloud-accounts.google-docs-sheets-in-transfers","url":"/faq/cloud-accounts/google-docs-sheets-in-transfers","category":{"id":"cloud-accounts","title":"Cloud accounts"},"subcategory":{"id":"google-drive","title":"Google Drive"},"question":"What happens to Google Docs, Sheets and Slides in my Google Drive?","alt_questions":["Are Google Docs included in a Storage Studio transfer?","Google Sheets in Storage Studio duplicates scan","Native Google files and Storage Studio","Why are Google Docs skipped?","Google Slides backup Storage Studio"],"short_answer":"Google Docs, Sheets and Slides live in Google's own format and use little or no Drive space. The duplicate finder skips them. For portable copies, export them with Google Takeout and keep the files on your drive.","answer_markdown":"Google Docs, Sheets and Slides aren't ordinary files: they live in Google's own format and take up little or no space in your Drive. Storage Studio's duplicate finder skips them, because they carry no content fingerprint it can compare.\n\nFor a full, portable copy of your Docs, Sheets and Slides, Google's own export is the most reliable route: Google Takeout can export them as Microsoft Office or PDF files, which you can then keep on your external drive. See [Google Takeout](https://takeout.google.com/).","answer_html":"

Google Docs, Sheets and Slides aren't ordinary files: they live in Google's own format and take up little or no space in your Drive. Storage Studio's duplicate finder skips them, because they carry no content fingerprint it can compare.

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For a full, portable copy of your Docs, Sheets and Slides, Google's own export is the most reliable route: Google Takeout can export them as Microsoft Office or PDF files, which you can then keep on your external drive. See Google Takeout.

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What happens to Google Docs, Sheets and Slides in my Google Drive?

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Short answer: Google Docs, Sheets and Slides live in Google's own format and use little or no Drive space. The duplicate finder skips them. For portable copies, export them with Google Takeout and keep the files on your drive.

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Google Docs, Sheets and Slides aren't ordinary files: they live in Google's own format and take up little or no space in your Drive. Storage Studio's duplicate finder skips them, because they carry no content fingerprint it can compare.

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For a full, portable copy of your Docs, Sheets and Slides, Google's own export is the most reliable route: Google Takeout can export them as Microsoft Office or PDF files, which you can then keep on your external drive. See Google Takeout.

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