# Discourse google drive Backup plugin

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-google-drive-backup-plugin/82434
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 7, 2018, 5:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-google-drive-backup-plugin/82434 "2018-03-07T17:17:30Z")
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### Author: ![tophee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tophee/32/73406_2.png) [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2018, 7:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-google-drive-backup-plugin/82434/8 "2018-09-16T19:07:50Z")

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Try this workaround:

> [@Use rclone to sync backups to Dropbox or Google Drive](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-sync-your-backups-to-cloud-storage-alternative-method/97294):
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> There is a [plugin that allows you to sync your discourse backups to various cloud storage providers](https://meta.discourse.org/t/synchronizer-base-for-any-backup-provider/68018). Unfortunately, it currently doesn’t work with Dropbox and Google Drive. If you nevertheless want to store your backup on your Dropbox or Google Drive follow the steps below. I will use dropbox as an example but the instructions will also work with any other [backend supported by rclone](https://rclone.org/). Disclaimer: The instructions have been tested on Ubuntu 16.04. and they work for me but I am not an expert at …

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