How do I download Google Docs on Ubuntu?

Unlike Windows on Ubuntus latest versions such as 20.04 LTS, we dont need to install any extra software to connect and use Google Drive account. Everything there and we just need to login to Ubuntu using a Google account.

One of the popular public cloud services to store data is Google Drives because of free 15 GB storage. Most of the time to use that we visit Google Drives website to upload and download files, however, you can save your time by access G Drive storage directly on your machine like any other network drive. However, there is no official client from Google for Linux systems, well, still we can use it using the default GNOME Online Accounts feature available on Ubuntu and other Linux systems.

1. Open Settings

Go to Ubuntu Settings, you can search for it in Applications or directly click on the drop arrow given right top side top access the Power Menu.

2. Select Account

On the left side panel, you will find various options and one of them will be Accounts, select it to see further options.

3. log in to Google Account

As Gnome Online Accounts offers various services to directly logged in from Ubuntu Linux, among them you will also find Google.

Note: If you couldnt see Google online Account option then install it using the below-given commands in the terminal:

sudo apt update sudo apt install gnome-online-accounts

Click on it and enter your Gmail email address and password.

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Click Allow to let Gnome online Account service to access your Google Account

Once the account gets connected, we can select what should get synced on the Ubuntu system.

4. Access Google Drive on Ubuntu 20.04

Finally, open File Manager on your Ubuntu Linux system, and on the left side area, you will see the connected Google Drive account represented using your Gmail Email ID. Click on it, to access all files available on your drive.

We can directly copy-past to sync or backup all the available files between the Ubuntu 20.04 Linux system and Google Drive.

So, in this way, you can access our Google cloud storage files on Ubuntu Linux without using any official client