Google Drive Direct Download Link

Google Drive is a very commonly known cloud storage available for everyone and it's FREE. It comes with a generous 15GB free capacity.

Aside from being just a cloud storage, with a little bit of trick, you can use the files stored in Google Drive as direct download link.

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Here's the steps on how you can get your direct download link for the files uploaded into your Google Drive.

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1. Upload your file into your Google Drive.

2. Right click on the uploaded file and select 'Share'.

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3. Set file privacy to 'Anyone with link' can view the file and get the shareable link as below

‍https://drive.google.com/file/d/FILE_ID/view?usp=sharing‍

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4. Next, copy the FILE_ID and paste it into the URL below.‍

https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=FILE_ID‍

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5. And that's it. That's your Direct Download Link.

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So, what can you use with the direct download link? Most commonly usage would be video and audio.
<video><source src="DIRECT_DOWNLOAD_LINK" type="video/mp4"></video>
<audio><source src="DIRECT_DOWNLOAD_LINK" type="audio/mpeg"></audio>

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That's how easy it is to get direct download link for free just hosting or uploading your files in Google Drive.