Google Drive to One Drive
Step 1
Sign into Google
Go to Google.com and click “Sign-in” in the upper right corner of the screen
- If you are already signed in or signed in under another account, make sure you are using the correct account
This will be your digital-id@dixie.edu, digital-id@dmail.dixie.edu, or both depending on what you want to migrate. This works for either account.
![](https://utahtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/signin.png)
Step 2
Click on Drive
- Click on the application button
- Click “Drive“
![](https://utahtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/clicky.png)
Step 3
Select and Download
- Select all documents you want to transfer over
- TIP: Ctrl + A will select all documents in the folder
- Right click on one of the documents, choose “Download”
![](https://utahtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Select-and-Download.png)
Step 4
How the Files are saved
Files will be downloaded in a .zip file format to your computer’s Downloads folder
![](https://utahtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Downloaded-files.png)
Step 5
Open OneDrive
Search for “OneDrive” on your computer and open the application
- If you are already signed in, it will open the folder, skip to Step 9
![](https://utahtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/OneDrive-search.png)
Step 6
Login to OneDrive
Enter your digital-id@utahtech.edu in the email address field
![](https://utahtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/OneDrive-Login.png)
Step 7
Follow the prompts
- If you see the “Back up your folders” prompt, make sure to select what you would like to back up.
![](https://utahtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Backup.png)
Step 8
Open OneDrive Folder
Once you have finished the setup steps, clip “Open my OneDrive folder”
![](https://utahtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Open-OneDrive.png)
Step 9
Find your Files in Downloads
Open a new File Explorer window and open your “Downloads” folder
When your Drive download is complete, you will see a file similar to this one, right click on it and extract the files from the zip folder.
![](https://utahtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Downloads.png)
Step 10
Drag Files to OneDrive
You should now have your Drive download folder open (Left) and your OneDrive folder open (Right)
Highlight all of the items (Ctrl + A) in your Drive download folder and click and drag them over to the OneDrive folder.
![](https://utahtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Download-to-OneDrive.png)
Step 11
You are all set!
Your files should begin transferring and will begin syncing with OneDrive!
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