Google Drive filesystem location

January 18, 2026

The Google Drive local client creates a local filesystem mount for Google Drive files. Accessing files not yet synced locally will trigger an on-demand sync of the file that takes time proportional to the file size. The location of this folder is similar across operating systems:

• Windows PowerShell: $HOME/Google Drive
• macOS: ~/Google Drive

On Linux, clients such as rclone can mount Google Drive as a network drive.