Transfer files from Google Drive to Dropbox
Moving from Google Drive to Dropbox — for a new job, a team standard, or just a preference — comes down to copying potentially a lot of files across without dragging them through your laptop. CloudRaft does the copy directly, server-side, so your computer stays free and your files move once, cleanly. It's copy-only: it reads your Google Drive and writes copies to Dropbox, and never deletes, moves, renames, or modifies what's in your Drive.
Going a different route? see the OneDrive to Google Drive guide — the steps are the same three, whatever the clouds.
How it works
- Sign in to CloudRaft and connect your Google Drive account on its own login screen.
- Pick the files you want to copy from Google Drive — or choose "Turn on folder access" to copy a whole folder (a one-time Google permission for the folder you select).
- Connect Dropbox as the destination.
- We measure everything first and show you the plan — file count, size, and anything we have to set aside — before a single byte copies.
- Press Start. The copy runs on our servers, so you can close the tab; your Google Drive originals are never touched.
Transfer, copy, or migrate without downloading
People describe this job as transferring, copying, moving, migrating, switching, exporting, or importing files. In CloudRaft, this route is always a safe copy from Google Drive to Dropbox: your source stays in place, your destination gets fresh copies, and nothing has to pass through your computer.
That means you can transfer files from Google Drive to Dropbox without installing desktop sync apps, without downloading a temporary archive, and without deleting anything in Google Drive.
Your originals are never touched
CloudRaft is copy-only. It reads the files you pick from Google Drive and writes copies into Dropbox. It never deletes, moves, renames, or changes anything in your source. We don't store your file contents; they stream between the two clouds through our worker and are never written to our disks.
What to know for this move
- Copying a whole folder takes one extra step. Google only lets apps read the individual files you pick — not folders — unless you grant folder access. In CloudRaft, choose “Turn on folder access” (a one-time Google permission for the folder you select), then pick the folder and we copy everything inside it, subfolders included. Picking individual files needs no extra step. On that permission screen Google shows an “unverified app” notice while we complete its review — that’s expected; choose Advanced → Continue.
- Native Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides export separately — and CloudRaft shows you exactly which files those are before anything starts.
- Sharing permissions don't transfer — the files move, but each cloud's share settings don't. You'll re-share on the Dropbox side.
- Your files land in a dated folder inside Dropbox's Apps folder — like Apps/CloudRaft — 2026-05-24 — not at the top level of your Dropbox. That's Dropbox's App folder permission doing its job: CloudRaft can only ever see and write to its own folder, never the rest of your Dropbox. Move the files wherever you like once the copy is done.
- Very large files copy more slowly than small ones, but there's no size cap on our side beyond what your Dropbox plan accepts.
Questions
Do I have to download my files to move them from Google Drive to Dropbox?
No. CloudRaft copies directly between Google Drive and Dropbox on its own servers — nothing is downloaded to your computer and you don't need to keep a device running.
Will CloudRaft delete or change my Google Drive files?
Never. CloudRaft is copy-only: it reads the files you choose and writes copies to Dropbox. It cannot delete, move, or modify anything in Google Drive — that's enforced in code, not just policy.
What does it cost?
You can copy up to 10 GB free, no card. Beyond that you buy a one-time pass — a fixed amount of data for a one-time price, no subscription.
How long does it take?
As fast as both providers allow — we don't throttle. Small files move quickly; very large files take longer. It runs in the background, so you don't have to watch it.
Did everything copy correctly?
We verify every file landed at the destination before counting it done — by size, and by checksum where the provider supports one. The count you see is the verified count, not just attempted.
Will my Google Drive files be deleted after copying to Dropbox?
No. CloudRaft is copy-only — it reads the files you pick and writes copies into Dropbox. It never deletes, moves, or modifies anything in Google Drive. Your originals stay exactly where they are.
Will my Google Docs come across?
Native Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides can't be copied as files, so CloudRaft skips them and tells you exactly which it skipped — you can export those few manually if you need them. Everything else (PDFs, images, Office files, video) copies normally.
Related migration guides
- Transfer files from OneDrive to Dropbox
- Transfer files from Box to Dropbox
- Transfer files from Google Drive to OneDrive
- Transfer files from Google Drive to Nextcloud
- Transfer files from Google Drive to Box