Popular Gmail and Google Drive workflows and automations
Useful Gmail and Google Drive integrations
Triggers (If this)
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New file in your folder
This trigger fires every time a new file is added to the Google Drive folder you specify. Note: Does not work for Google Docs, Forms, or Sheets files.
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New file from search in your folder
This trigger fires every time a new file matches your search query in a Google Drive folder. Note: only works for files created after the Applet is turned on.
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New photo in your folder
This trigger fires every time any new photo is saved in the Google Drive folder you specify. Note: only works for photos created after the Applet is turned on.
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New video in your folder
This trigger fires every time a new video is saved in the Google Drive folder you specify. Note: only works for videos created after the Applet is turned on.
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New starred file in folder
This trigger fires every time a new file is starred in a specified Google Drive folder. Note: only works for files created and starred after the Applet is turned on.





Queries (With)
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History of photos uploaded in your folder
This query returns a list of recent photos saved in the Google Drive folder you specify.
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History of files uploaded in your folder
This query returns a list of recent files added to the Google Drive folder you specify.
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History of files starred in folder
This query returns a list of recent files starred in a specified Google Drive folder.
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History of files from search uploaded in your folder
This query returns a list of recent files that matches your search query in a Google Drive folder.
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History of videos uploaded in your folder
This query returns a list of recent videos saved in the Google Drive folder you specify.





Actions (Then that)
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Send an email
This Action will send an email to up to twenty recipients from your Gmail account.
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Upload file from URL
This action will download a file at a given URL and add it to Google Drive at the path you specify. NOTE: 100 MB file size limit.
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Send yourself an email
This action will send yourself an email. HTML, images and links are supported.



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