---
title: "Import from and save to Google Drive"
description: "Connect Google Drive to open PDFs, Docs and Office files in PDFBetter, save finished PDFs to a folder, and file signed documents automatically."
url: https://help.pdfbetter.com/automation/google-drive-import-save/
collection: "Workflows & integrations"
section: "Google Drive"
updated: 2026-10-18
publisher: "PDFBetter (AI Generated Inc.)"
---

# Import from and save to Google Drive

> Click **Connect Google Drive** in **Settings** → **Integrations**. Then use **New** → **Import from Google Drive** to bring files in, and **Save to Google Drive** (editor **Done** menu or a document's menu) to send PDFs back.

- Counts toward: Edited-document downloads

Do it in PDFBetter: https://pdfbetter.com/app/settings/integrations/

## Connect Google Drive

1. **Open the Integrations settings**: Click **Settings** at the bottom of the sidebar, then **Integrations**.
2. **Connect**: Under **Google Drive**, click **Connect Google Drive** and choose your Google account. On Google's screen, keep the Google Drive permission ticked, or the connection fails.
3. **Choose where PDFs go**: Click **Choose folder** and pick a Drive folder, or leave it on **My Drive**. Use **Change folder** or **Use My Drive** later to switch.
4. **Turn on automatic saving (optional)**: **Save signed documents automatically** files the sealed PDF and its [certificate of completion](https://help.pdfbetter.com/signing/signed-pdf-certificate-audit-trail/) when the last person signs. **Save every export** copies every PDF you download from PDFBetter into the folder.

> **Note:** PDFBetter asks only for access to the files you pick and the files it saves. It can't browse the rest of your Drive.

## Import files from Drive

On your dashboard, click **New** → **Import from Google Drive** and pick up to 20 files. PDFs come in as they are; Google Docs, Sheets and Slides arrive as PDFs; Word, Excel and PowerPoint files are converted like an upload. Each file becomes a document you can open from the toast or your documents list. Files over your plan's size limit (50 MB on Free, 250 MB on Pro) are skipped with a reason.

## Save a PDF to Drive

- In the editor: **Done** → **Save to Google Drive** saves the same PDF the download would give you.
- In the download dialog: **Save to Drive** uses the options you picked (flattened or fillable, with or without comments).
- In your documents list: the row menu's **Save to Google Drive** saves the signed copy when there is one.

A save to Drive is a PDF export, so it counts toward your monthly downloads exactly like [a download](https://help.pdfbetter.com/editing/download-edited-pdf/). When it finishes, the toast offers **Open in Drive**.

| Per month | No account | Free | Pro | Business |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Edited-document downloads | — | 3 | Unlimited | Unlimited |

"Unlimited" is subject to fair use; "—" means not included.

## When automatic saves stop

| Message in Settings | What to do |
| --- | --- |
| Google no longer accepts PDFBetter's access | Click **Reconnect**. |
| The chosen folder was moved, deleted or is no longer shared | Choose a folder again. |
| Your Google Drive is full | Free up space in Drive; the next save tries again. |
| Google Drive asked us to slow down | Nothing; the next copy tries again. |

### How do I disconnect Drive?

In **Settings** → **Integrations**, click **Disconnect** under Google Drive. PDFBetter loses access and stops saving there. Files already in Drive stay where they are.

### Does it sync edits both ways?

No. Import makes a copy in PDFBetter, and each save adds a PDF to Drive. Changes in one place don't update the other.

### Settings says Google Drive isn't available. Why?

The Drive connection isn't switched on for PDFBetter yet. Download the PDF and upload it to Drive yourself until it is.

## Related articles

- [Connect PDFBetter to Zapier](https://help.pdfbetter.com/automation/connect-zapier.md): Start from Settings → Integrations → Set up in Zapier, add a PDFBetter step in a Zap and sign in, then click Allow and connect. Each action a Zap runs counts as one agent & automation run on your plan.
- [Automate repeated steps with saved workflows](https://help.pdfbetter.com/automation/saved-workflows.md): Open Workflows, pick a recipe or Start empty, add steps, choose how it starts, then click Create workflow. Each step uses its usual allowance (OCR pages, AI credits), and your plan sets how many workflows you can save.
- [Download your edited PDF, fillable or flattened](https://help.pdfbetter.com/editing/download-edited-pdf.md): Click Done → Download, choose Keep fillable or Flatten, decide whether to Include comments and sticky notes, and click Download. Downloading needs a free account; Free includes 3 edited-document downloads a month, and Pro is unlimited.
- [The signed PDF, Certificate of Completion and audit trail](https://help.pdfbetter.com/signing/signed-pdf-certificate-audit-trail.md): When everyone finishes, each person gets the signed PDF and a Certificate of Completion. Both are digitally sealed and, when the time-stamping service is reachable, independently time-stamped. The signed PDF carries the signing evidence inside it, so changing one byte makes PDF readers flag the file.
- [Upload fails or stalls, and file size and page limits](https://help.pdfbetter.com/troubleshooting/upload-fails-file-size-limits.md): Most failed uploads are a dropped connection: click Retry in the Uploads tray. If the message says the file is too large or has too many pages, you've hit your plan's limit: 50 MB and 500 pages per document on Free.

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Source: https://help.pdfbetter.com/automation/google-drive-import-save/ · PDFBetter Help Center · Last checked against the product 2026-10-18. Questions: support@pdfbetter.com