How to Access Google Drive Offline on a Windows PC

If you don’t have an internet connection, you can still access your Google Drive offline on your PC, Mac, or mobile device. When you edit your Google Docs, Google Sheets, and Google Slides offline, the updates are applied automatically the next time your device syncs with the internet. Setting up your Google Drive for offline use requires an internet connection and Chrome must not be in incognito mode. To enable offline access to your Google Drive on a PC running Windows:

Access Google Drive Offline on Android and iOS

Although mobile devices do not support Chrome extensions, Google has individual iOS and Android apps for Google Drive, Docs, Slides, and Sheets that let you edit files offline. If you have an Android phone or tablet, some of these apps come preloaded on your device, but iOS users will have to download them from the Apple App Store. To access your Google Drive files on a mobile device without Wi-Fi:

Access Google Drive Offline on Mac

Before you can access your Drive files offline using a Mac, Google Chrome must be set up as your default browser. If you try to open a Docs, Sheets, or Slides file offline without taking this step, you’ll arrive at an error page; you can always switch back to Safari later on. To edit Google Drive files offline on macOS: