View Google Drive folder structure
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Hello,
I have tons of folders and subfolders and sub-subfolders on my Google Drive.
Is there a plugin or program that allows you to see the complete structure visually (in the form of a tree)?
And if possible, also the file names with extensions for each folder!
I need to do some major cleaning up.
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"Failing to plan is planning to fail"
I have tons of folders and subfolders and sub-subfolders on my Google Drive.
Is there a plugin or program that allows you to see the complete structure visually (in the form of a tree)?
And if possible, also the file names with extensions for each folder!
I need to do some major cleaning up.
--
"Failing to plan is planning to fail"
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Hello*
No, it doesn't exist on Google Drive
(*) Basic element of politeness added by the CCM moderation!...................................
Hello*
This is truly the biggest problem with Google Drive and a huge obstacle to transferring its folders out of one's personal hard drive. Google wants us to rely solely on ITS ability to find our files without worrying about any kind of organization like "cabinet > shelf > folder > subfolder > file". While the idea is good, it also has the drawback of overlooking human capacity to remember file names. If it’s feasible for a hundred files, it exceeds ordinary human capabilities when faced with several thousand files. Without the file name, it's impossible to find it, whereas "human" intelligence allows for locating a file without necessarily knowing its name. One only needs to estimate which folder and subfolder its content was most likely stored in so that once accessed, comparing the names found there allows for identifying the sought-after file.
(*) Basic element of politeness added by CCM moderation!...................................
Hello,
In any case, the very idea of using Google Drive (or any other Cloud) as the sole storage location without a local safety net just because it's cheap storage is an absurdity.
If it's to be used as a sharing folder, then we will also have a local copy of those files, and in both cases, the question of what we have put there or not does not arise since the local structure is identical.
In any case, and even if we haven't implemented this basic procedure, it is incorrect to claim that we could not obtain the structure; a simple search for "list Google Drive structure" or "Batch Tree Google Drive" will convince you otherwise, with, for example, a "simple" script outputting to a Google Sheets file or something much more elaborate in Python:
https://gsuitefr.blogspot.com/2020/04/inventorier-les-fichiers-sous-drive.html
https://gist.github.com/motchy869/3ad7141b6efd8decbd13807418c4e79a