# Automatic n8n Workflow Backup with Google Drive and Telegram: n8n workflow

> Started by an incoming Telegram message, and works across Google Drive and Telegram. 18 steps, 1 branch, 1 loop or waits: a working afternoon to understand...

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/automatic-n8n-workflow-backup-with-google-drive-and-telegram (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

[Automation library](https://millionrounds.com/workflows) · [Documents and files](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?category=Documents+and+files#library)

# Automatic n8n Workflow Backup with Google Drive and Telegram

Started by an incoming Telegram message, and works across Google Drive and Telegram. 18 steps, 1 branch, 1 loop or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

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**18 steps** Medium: a working afternoon

**1** Branch: places the flow splits

**1** Loop or waits

**2** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 3 Logic 7 Service 8

The steps in the order they run, from what starts it.

- 1 **Manual trigger** Manual trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **Schedule Trigger** Schedule trigger *Starts it*
- 3 **Check your channel ID** Telegram trigger *Starts it*
- 4 **Folder and backup settings** Set *Logic*
- 5 **find main backup folder id** Google Drive *Service*
- 6 **Create backup folder with current date** Google Drive *Service*
- 7 **Get all n8n workflows** N8n *Service*
- 8 **Loop** Split In Batches *Logic*
- 9 **Limit** Limit *Logic*
- 10 **Convert workflow to JSON** Convert To File *Service*
- 11 **Search old backup folders id** Google Drive *Service*
- 12 **Upload one workflow** Google Drive *Service*
- 13 **Old backup?** If *Logic*
- 14 **Delete old backups** Google Drive *Service*
- 15 **Merge** Merge *Logic*
- 16 **Telegram and time zone settings** Set *Logic*
- 17 **Prepare Log message** Code *Logic*
- 18 **Send log** Telegram *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** An incoming Telegram message
- **Steps:** 18, with 1 branch, 1 loop or waits
- **Size:** Medium: a working afternoon
- **Connects to:** Google Drive, Telegram
- **Model:** None. This is plumbing, not judgement

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Google Drive and Telegram accounts. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on an incoming Telegram message.

Does it use AI?

No. Every step is fixed logic or a call to a service, so it does the same thing every time.

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 18 steps is enough that you should read each one before running it.

How do I import it?

Copy the workflow, open a new workflow in n8n and paste. The steps appear on the canvas, ready for your own accounts.

**Before you run it**

Nothing here has been tested by us. It is somebody's working automation, read and described from its own steps. Treat the connections it wants as a list of accounts it will touch, and read the 18 steps before you point it at anything that matters.

## Run it in n8n

- **Create your n8n account** Free to start. n8n is where the workflow runs. [Create an n8n account ↗](https://millionrounds.com/n8n)
- **Download the workflow** Free with a Millionrounds account. [Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fautomatic-n8n-workflow-backup-with-google-drive-and-telegram)
- **Paste it into n8n** Open a new workflow in n8n and paste. Then connect your own accounts.

Stored with the author's traces removed: canvas notes, instance identifiers, saved credential names and any live document they had left behind.

## Connects to

Each opens the other workflows that use it.

[Google Drive](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Google+Drive#library)[Telegram](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Telegram#library)

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Also documents and files, with the same services where possible, closest in size first.

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