

When done successfully, it should show you the ON/OFF switches for using the account for mail, calendars, contacts, photos, files and/or printers. In the pop-up dialog, login with your gmail account or phone number, and grant permissions access.

Then go to “ Online Accounts” tab in the left, and click on “Google” in the right to open the setup dialog. Setup Google Drive support in GNOME:įor Ubuntu, Fedora, and other Linux with GNOME desktop, first open “ Settings” (aka Gnome Control Center) from top-right corner system menu. It also supports for Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, Rocky Linux, and Manjaro with GNOME, KDE Plasma, XFCE or MATE desktop, or Linux Mint. NOTE: This tutorial works in Ubuntu 22.04|20.04|18.04, Fedora Workstation with default GNOME Desktop. And, there are a few alternative third-party applications to do the job. XFCE and MATE does not have the feature, but GNOME’s ‘Online Accounts’ service works good in the 2 desktop environments.

Modern Linux desktops today (e.g., GNOME and KDE) have built-in ‘ Online Accounts‘ feature to easily access user data in the cloud with system built-in applications, such as file manager and email client. Want to access Google Drive from file manager in your Linux? It’s easy to do the trick in Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian, and most other Linux with common used desktop environments.
