In dealing with a recent ban on the use of GoogleDocs–which means backing everything up, saving it locally, and then deleting it from GoogleDocs–I sent out a tweet asking how to get it done…last time I asked, there was no set process.

Alec Couros suggested one approach using a script (DownloadThemAll), but another presented itself via Google and through two tweets (HenryThiele and @starryhope01):

• Document export is now built into Google Docs. From docs inbox Select all – More Actions – Export.

Sure enough, the approach worked great! Thanks to Henry and StarryHope01 !

• Download All Your Documents from Google Docs as a Zip File

  • Download Google Documents for Offline Use

  • While there are third-party tools that let you easily download Google Documents to the local drive in one go, the good news is that the batch export feature is now available in Google Docs by default so you don’t have to hunt for external tools to help you do so.

  • Select Google Documents for Exporting

    

    Just open your Google Docs account and select the documents that you want download locally.

    Then use the Export option from “More Actions” and within minutes, all your Google documents will be available on the desktop as one large zip file. You may even convert Office files to PDF or HTML format before exporting them out of Google Docs.

    Choose the Export Format – PDF, Word, etc.

    

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