About Google Drive daily backup

Backing up files to Google Drive has become a habit of many users. It can not only protect files in the cloud from data loss caused by local threats such as human error and disk crashes but also provide corresponding applications on different devices to access files.

To keep backing up files, some users may want to set up Google Drive daily backup to ensure that there will be no missing data. In this way, local files will be automatically backed up to Google Drive regularly and do not require you to manually operate.

Schedule Google Drive to automatically back up daily to regularly back up new or modified data to the cloud. It is possible to use Google Drive to automatically back up, although the program itself does not provide the option of regular backup. Some free cloud backup services can help you achieve this. Read on to learn how to set up daily backup files to Google Drive in two freeways.

How to daily backup files to Google Drive?

We will introduce 2 methods for you to set up automatic backup. One is to use the Windows tool Task Scheduler to set the Google Drive desktop application Google Drive for desktop to enable automatic backup, and the other is to use a free Google Drive backup software to enable Google Drive daily automatic backup.

Way 1. Set Google Drive for desktop schedule with Task Scheduler

Google Drive for desktop can perform automatic backups, but if you want to back up files at a specific time or period, you can set up the Google Drive for desktop schedule backup through the Windows built-in tool - Task Scheduler.

Step 1. You need to install Google Drive for desktop to the desktop and log in to your account. Click the Google Drive icon on the taskbar, select the Settings button, and click Preferences.

Step 2. Click on the Settings position, you need to uncheck the Launch Google Drive on system startup option, and then click Done.

Step 3. Click the start button on the desktop, search for task scheduler, and click to open the program.

Step 4. Run Task Scheduler, click Action on the taskbar and select Create Task.

Step 5. Click General at the top of the window, then type your task name in the Name box, then click OK.

Step 6. Then select Triggers and click New, and select Daily under Settings. If you want to set other automatic backup cycles, you can also select Weekly/Monthly.

Step 7. Continue to click Actions > New, and then type the command under Program/script. Depending on the Windows architecture (32 or 64-bit), the commands are different:

• For Windows 32-bit type: "C:\Program Files\Google\Drive\googledrivesync.exe"

• For Windows 64-bit type: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Drive\googledrivesync.exe"

Step 8. Return to the Create Task window, where you can view the details of the action, and then click OK to start Google Drive daily backup.

Way 2. Best free way to schedule daily backup to Google Drive

You may also notice that the steps in the above method are cumbersome. In fact, some free cloud backup services also provide the function to automatically backup files to Google Drive. CBackup is worth a try. We found this tool can set up local files to be backed up to Google Drive in simpler steps. You can also set the period, daily/weekly/monthly. 

If you want to try, you can follow the steps below to set up automatic backup files to Google Drive on daily basis.

Step 1. Download and install the CBackup, run it. Create an account and sign in to this software.

Step 2. Click Storage > choose Google Drive to add. Click Authorize Now and sign in to your Google Drive account to allow CBackup access files in your Google Drive account.

Step 3. Go to Backup > Backup PC to Public Cloud to create Google Drive daily backup task.

Step 4.  Select local files you want to backup to Google Drive, and choose Google Drive as the Destination. Hit Settings at the bottom of the page > select Scheduler > click Daily, and customize the time you want to perform Google Drive daily backup. 

Step 5. Click Start Backup to start Google Drive daily backup.

Bonus tip: How to do Google Drive daily backup to another cloud?

Actually, backing up files to a cloud storage service is not necessarily completely appropriate. If Google Drive freezes or other problems occur, your saved data may still be lost. Therefore, you need to back up Google Drive files to another cloud. In this way, you no longer need to worry about damage or disappearance of data in the cloud disk due to human operations or hacker attacks.

If you want to automatically backup Google Drive to another cloud easily, CBackup will do you a big favor and helps you automatically back up files between clouds (support Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, etc.), and provide double protection for your data.

You can back up Google Drive daily to another Google Drive account in just a few simple steps:

Step 1. Just sign into the CBackup desktop app (or CBackup web version). Add the two Google Drive accounts with the above steps.

Step 3. Then go to Backup, and click Backup Public Cloud to Public Cloud.

Step 4. Choose one Google Drive account as a transfer source, and choose another Google Drive as a backup destination.

Note: you can choose the entire Google Drive or just certain files to back up everything or the selected files in the Source section.

Step 5. Click the Settings option below, go to Scheduler, and set up a Google Drive daily backup between the two cloud storage automatically and regularly.

Step 6. After that, click Start Backup to automatically backup files from one Google Drive account to another on a daily basis.

Notes:✎...

You could backup Google Drive to Dropbox, OneDrive, or vice versa, it's easy to operate, and quite efficient.

If you want to sync between clouds, CBackup can also help you do it easily. The steps are basically the same as above, you just need to go to Sync Tasks to create a cloud to cloud sync task.

If your Google Drive storage space is not enough for you to store critical files, you could merge multiple cloud drives, whether it's the same cloud drive platform or not, and increase your Google Drive storage for free.

CBackup provides you with 5GB of free cloud storage space of CBackup Cloud to store your files, or you could expand to get more cloud storage space at a reasonable price.

Last words

In short, setting Google Drive daily backup is very important to most users, saving time and effort. We provide you with two methods to set up Google Drive automatic backup. My suggestion is to use the second free backup software because it can provide a better experience and simpler operation during backup. Besides, you'd better use CBackup to back up Google Drive to another cloud to provide an extra layer of protection for your data.