# Backup & restore n8n workflows with Telegram and Google Drive: n8n workflow

> Started by someone submitting a form, and works across Google Drive and Telegram. 16 steps, 1 branch, 2 loops or waits: a working afternoon to understand...

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/backup-and-restore-n8n-workflows-with-telegram-and-google-dr (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)

# Backup & restore n8n workflows with Telegram and Google Drive

Started by someone submitting a form, and works across Google Drive and Telegram. 16 steps, 1 branch, 2 loops or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

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**16 steps** Medium: a working afternoon

**1** Branch: places the flow splits

**2** Loops or waits

**2** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 3 Logic 5 Service 8

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

- 1 **Manual Trigger** Manual trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **Schedule Backup Trigger** Schedule trigger *Starts it*
- 3 **Form Restore Trigger** Form trigger *Starts it*
- 4 **Download Backup from Drive** Google Drive *Service*
- 5 **Fetch All Workflows** N8n *Service*
- 6 **Extract Backup Text** Extract From File *Service*
- 7 **Aggregate Workflows** Aggregate *Logic*
- 8 **Parse Backup JSON** Code *Logic*
- 9 **Convert to Backup File** Convert To File *Service*
- 10 **Process Each Workflow** Split In Batches *Logic*
- 11 **Send Backup to Telegram** Telegram *Service*
- 12 **Check Workflow Existence** N8n *Service*
- 13 **If Workflow Exists** If *Logic*
- 14 **Create New Workflow** N8n *Service*
- 15 **Update Existing Workflow** N8n *Service*
- 16 **Wait for Completion** Wait *Logic*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** Someone submitting a form
- **Steps:** 16, with 1 branch, 2 loops 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 someone submitting a form.

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. 16 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 16 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%2Fbackup-and-restore-n8n-workflows-with-telegram-and-google-dr)
- **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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- [**Google Drive read file** 16 steps · Google Drive](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/google-drive-read-file)
- [**Organize Gmail attachments in Google Drive folders based on** 16 steps · Gmail, Google Drive](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/organize-gmail-attachments-in-google-drive-folders-based-on)
- [**Chat with Google Drive and OpenAI** 16 steps · calls a model · Google Drive, Pinecone](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/chat-with-google-drive-and-openai)
- [**Chat with OpenAI and Google Drive** 16 steps · calls a model · Google Drive, Pinecone](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/chat-with-openai-and-google-drive)