> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.wolfia.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Google Drive Integration: Sync Folders and Files into Wolfia

> Connect Google Drive to Wolfia, pick the folders and files to index, and keep policies, past questionnaires, and sales collateral in sync automatically.

Security questionnaires and RFPs draw on documents that already live in Drive: policies, architecture overviews, past responses, and sales collateral. Connecting Drive lets Wolfia read those documents directly, so answers cite the current version of each file and stay current as your team edits them.

## What Wolfia reads

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides" icon="file-lines">
    Native Google files are indexed as documents, spreadsheets, and presentations.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Uploaded files" icon="file-pdf">
    PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, CSV, text, and Markdown files stored in Drive are indexed as well.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Folders, including subfolders" icon="folder-tree">
    Select a folder and Wolfia indexes every supported file inside it, including nested subfolders.
  </Card>

  <Card title="My Drive and Shared drives" icon="building">
    Pick from your own Drive or from any Shared drive your Google account can access.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

Google Forms, Drawings, Apps Script, My Maps, and Sites are skipped. Access is read only: Wolfia never edits, moves, or shares your files.

## Before you start

* An admin role in Wolfia. Only admins can connect Google Drive.
* A Google account with access to the folders and files you want to index.

<Note>
  A Google Drive connection is personal. It belongs to the Google account used to connect, and only that team member can see and manage the connection. Files are still available to your whole organization once indexed.
</Note>

## Connect Google Drive

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the Knowledge Hub">
    In Wolfia, go to **Knowledge Hub** and find **Google Drive** in the list of integrations.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Sign in with Google">
    Click **Connect**, choose the Google account that has access to your documents, and grant Wolfia read access. You are returned to Wolfia once the connection is verified.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Select files and folders">
    Click **Select files and folders** to open the Google picker. Switch between the **My Drive** and **Shared drives** tabs, select any number of files and folders, and confirm. Your selection appears in the Google Drive sources table as Wolfia begins indexing.
  </Step>
</Steps>

Indexing time depends on how much you selected. The sources table updates on its own as files finish; you can keep using Wolfia while it runs.

## Keep Drive in sync

* **Automatic sync**: Wolfia re-reads your selected files and folders every day, picking up edits, new files added to selected folders, and removals.
* **Sync now**: click **Sync now** on the Google Drive page to refresh immediately, for example right after a policy update.
* **Change the selection**: reopen the picker at any time to add or remove files and folders. Removed items drop out of the knowledge base on the next sync.
* **Disconnect**: click **Disconnect** to revoke Wolfia's access. Documents indexed from Drive are removed from the knowledge base.

## Good practices

* Select folders over individual files. A folder keeps itself current as teammates add documents to it.
* Keep superseded versions out of the selected folders, or archive them, so answers cite the latest policy.
* Use a Shared drive for team documentation so the connection does not depend on one person's My Drive.

## Frequently asked questions

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="A file in a selected folder is not showing up">
    Check that the file type is supported and that the connected Google account can open it. Files shared with view access only are fine; files the account cannot open are skipped. Click **Sync now** after fixing access.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Wolfia says Google Drive lost access">
    The Google authorization was revoked or expired, for example after a password change or an admin policy update. Reconnect from the Knowledge Hub; your file and folder selection is kept.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Can two teammates connect Google Drive?">
    Each connection is tied to one Google account. Connect with the account that can see the folders you want indexed, ideally through a Shared drive, so the connection keeps working as people join and leave.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Does Wolfia change anything in my Drive?">
    No. Access is read only. Wolfia only reads the files you selected.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

## Related pages

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  <Card title="Knowledge base" icon="book" href="/how-to/knowledge-base">
    Every source Wolfia can index and how they fit together.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Admin setup guide" icon="user-gear" href="/how-to/setup-admin">
    First-login checklist for connecting sources and inviting your team.
  </Card>

  <Card title="SharePoint" icon="microsoft" href="/how-to/sharepoint-integration">
    Sync documents from Microsoft 365 the same way.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Adding knowledge" icon="upload" href="/how-to/adding-knowledge">
    Upload documents directly when they do not live in Drive.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>