Duplicate an entire Google Drive folder with permissions intact

Copies a Google Drive folder, every file inside it, and all sharing permissions to a new location.

How the work actually flows

A straight line. Runs once per one per file or subfolder.

Pattern: Sequence (1) ยท Multiple Instances without Synchronization (12)

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A stepRuns once per itemA personResultPayoff
Build size
Standard

A mid-size build with several tools working together.

Business functions
File & Cloud Storage
Connects
Google Drive

The problem it solves

You need to duplicate a project folder for a new client or team, but copying dozens of nested subfolders and resetting sharing permissions by hand takes forever and is easy to get wrong.

Who it fits

An operations or project team that regularly sets up new folders based on an existing template structure.

How it works

  1. You specify the source folder and the target location
  2. The system scans every file and subfolder inside it
  3. Files are copied over with their original names and metadata
  4. Subfolders are recreated at every nested level
  5. Sharing permissions are applied to match the original folder
What you get

Folders cloned with permissions already correct

New folders come with every file and every sharing permission already in place, so your team starts working immediately instead of rebuilding access from scratch.

What you get

A complete duplicate folder structure in Google Drive with matching sharing permissions.

What you need

A Google Workspace account with Google Drive access.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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