# Google Drive repository connection

**URL:** <https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/google-drive-repository-connection/18223>\
**Category:** usegalaxy.org support\
**Tags:** troubleshooting, storage-managment\
**Created:** [July 30, 2026, 10:50pm UTC](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/google-drive-repository-connection/18223 "2026-07-30T22:50:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Joseph\_Kogan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/help.galaxyproject.org/joseph_kogan/32/8765_2.png) [@Joseph\_Kogan](https://help.galaxyproject.org/u/Joseph_Kogan)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2026, 10:50pm UTC](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/google-drive-repository-connection/18223/1 "2026-07-30T22:50:32Z")

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Hello! I am trying to connect my Galaxy account directly to Google Drive as a repository in the hopes that it will make uploading multi-GB files faster… I am repeatedly running into the error message attached. Would appreciate any help, as I think this is an issue on the Galaxy side rather than the Google side. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![jennaj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/help.galaxyproject.org/jennaj/32/27_2.png) [@jennaj](https://help.galaxyproject.org/u/jennaj)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2026, 10:19pm UTC](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/google-drive-repository-connection/18223/2 "2026-08-06T22:19:59Z")

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Hi @Joseph_Kogan

Are you still having this problem? If so, let’s try to troubleshoot!

Creating your account through the Google Auth process for **account registration** is a distinct process from configuring Goggle Drive as a **storage location**. I mentioning this first since it can be mixed up, but these are unrelated processes. You could even using one Gmail account for registration, and another for Google Drive!

Some more tips about how this works:

1. Configure your space following this guide.

- [FAQ: How do I manage my Galaxy storage?](https://galaxyproject.github.io/training-material/faqs/galaxy/manage_your_galaxy_storage.html)

1. **Set the storage space** for your account (or a specific history) to use the new space.

2. The first time a dataset is **loaded into a history using the space** , it will be _written_ to your new storage location for the first time.

3. You can also choose to do things like load the starting data into a history that uses the local storage on the server, then execute a workflow, and set the workflow to write to your Google Drive location.

4. For data that is shared between Galaxy and Google Drive, consider not modifying it!

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With this context, problems like your usually mean that the request for an action didn’t have the correct file permissions set. This is usually because the data was modified outside of the Galaxy managed actions (in Google Drive directly) or that Galaxy is being asked to change a file that it was never granted permissions to manage (was not created in Google Drive through Upload/tools).

**Questions**

1. Which public Galaxy server are you working at? URL from the top of the browser window please.
2. Did you set up your storage area to use Google Drive? Did you load data into that location? Did you have tools or a workflow write to that location?
3. Then explain a bit more about what you were doing. Screenshots can help!

Let’s start there, thanks! 🙂