# Backup n8n workflows to Google Drive: n8n workflow template

> Started by a clock, and works across Google Drive. 9 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/backup-n8n-workflows-to-google-drive (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 n8n workflows to Google Drive

Started by a clock, and works across Google Drive. 9 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

[Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fbackup-n8n-workflows-to-google-drive)

**9 steps** Medium: a working afternoon

**0** Branches: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**1** Service it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 2 Logic 2 Service 5

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

- 1 **On clicking 'execute'** Manual trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **Run Daily at 2:30am** Cron *Starts it*
- 3 **Get Workflow List** Http Request *Service*
- 4 **Map** Function *Logic*
- 5 **Get Workflow** Http Request *Service*
- 6 **Merge** Merge *Logic*
- 7 **FunctionItem** Function Item *Service*
- 8 **Move Binary Data** Move Binary Data *Service*
- 9 **Google Drive** Google Drive *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** A clock
- **Steps:** 9
- **Size:** Medium: a working afternoon
- **Connects to:** Google Drive
- **Model:** None. This is plumbing, not judgement

## Questions

What does it need to run?

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

What starts it?

It starts on a clock.

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. 9 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 9 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-n8n-workflows-to-google-drive)
- **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)

## Workflows like it

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

- [**Automated n8n workflow backup system with Google Drive** 9 steps · Google Drive](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/automated-n8n-workflow-backup-system-with-google-drive)
- [**Backup automation for n8n workflows to Google Drive** 9 steps · Google Drive](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/backup-automation-for-n8n-workflows-to-google-drive)
- [**Bulk file upload to Google Drive** 9 steps · Google Drive](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/bulk-file-upload-to-google-drive)
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- [**Parse PDF with LlamaParse** 9 steps · Airtable, Google Drive](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/parse-pdf-with-llamaparse)
- [**Replace images in Google Docs documents and download as PDF/Docx** 9 steps · Google Drive](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/replace-images-in-google-docs-documents-and-download-as-pdf-)