# How to access Google Shared Drives

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-access-google-shared-drives/3652>\
**Category:** Report a Bug\
**Created:** [January 16, 2020, 7:34am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-access-google-shared-drives/3652 "2020-01-16T07:34:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![Aditya\_Mathur](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/aditya_mathur/32/2769_2.png) [@Aditya\_Mathur](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Aditya_Mathur)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 7:34am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-access-google-shared-drives/3652/1 "2020-01-16T07:34:32Z")

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My app’s URL: not available yet.

I want to generate a new App from our company’s Google Shared Drive.  
However, when I click on ‘+’ it only gives me options from my personal Google Drive. How do I select a sheet from our shared drive?

Thanks  
Aditya

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**Author:** ![Christophe\_HK](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/christophe_hk/32/4161_2.png) [@Christophe\_HK](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Christophe_HK)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 8:10am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-access-google-shared-drives/3652/2 "2020-01-16T08:10:19Z")

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Do you connect Glide using your corporate Google account? In order to achieve that, you must be able to log in the corporate Google account, and so corporate Google drive.

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**Author:** ![Christophe\_HK](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/christophe_hk/32/4161_2.png) [@Christophe\_HK](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Christophe_HK)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 8:11am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-access-google-shared-drives/3652/3 "2020-01-16T08:11:51Z")

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… Unless a folder of your company 's drive is shared with your personal account. And so, not sure you can create an app this way with Glide. I have to test (but someone else may know or the Glide team may answer before my test)

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**Author:** ![Aditya\_Mathur](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/aditya_mathur/32/2769_2.png) [@Aditya\_Mathur](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Aditya_Mathur)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 8:26am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-access-google-shared-drives/3652/4 "2020-01-16T08:26:11Z")

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Thanks Christophe - I am the administrator for the shared Google drive. Still doesn’t work.

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**Author:** ![Christophe\_HK](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/christophe_hk/32/4161_2.png) [@Christophe\_HK](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Christophe_HK)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 8:28am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-access-google-shared-drives/3652/5 "2020-01-16T08:28:18Z")

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It seems you can’t access the contents of a share drive - to be confirmed. If the sheet already exists in the company’s drive, you can share it with your personal account, then it should work, you should be a lbke to build an app using this sheet. I have tested, it works on my side. Unfortunately, I have no shared folder with sheet to try the first scenario…

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**Author:** ![Aditya\_Mathur](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/aditya_mathur/32/2769_2.png) [@Aditya\_Mathur](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Aditya_Mathur)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 8:30am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-access-google-shared-drives/3652/6 "2020-01-16T08:30:15Z")

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I’ve upgraded to Pro, which is meant to allow you to use Shared Drives. In fact, this is the reason I upgraded 🙂

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**Author:** ![Christophe\_HK](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/christophe_hk/32/4161_2.png) [@Christophe\_HK](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Christophe_HK)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 8:31am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-access-google-shared-drives/3652/7 "2020-01-16T08:31:27Z")

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Hum yes, you’re right…

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**Author:** ![JackVaughan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jackvaughan/32/49023_2.png) [@JackVaughan](https://community.glideapps.com/u/JackVaughan)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 10:22am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-access-google-shared-drives/3652/8 "2020-01-16T10:22:14Z")

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@Aditya_Mathur have you searched for the sheet in the file picker? At the moment you can’t _browse_ to a location on a shared drive inside the file picker - you have to search. Once you’ve searched and selected it you should be given this popup dialogue:

 ![Screenshot 2020-01-16 at 10.19.47](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/2X/e/e67d55331db6ae548279a9b1f7b943b3a327d9a2.png)

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**Author:** ![Aditya\_Mathur](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/aditya_mathur/32/2769_2.png) [@Aditya\_Mathur](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Aditya_Mathur)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 2:03pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-access-google-shared-drives/3652/9 "2020-01-16T14:03:08Z")

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Thanks @JackVaughan. Will try this approach next time.  
I saved the underlying Google sheet (through Glide) from my personal drive to the shared one, and it seems to be working! 👍🏽

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**Author:** ![JackVaughan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jackvaughan/32/49023_2.png) [@JackVaughan](https://community.glideapps.com/u/JackVaughan)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 7:31pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-access-google-shared-drives/3652/10 "2020-01-16T19:31:56Z")

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Great, good to hear.
