[Two Ways] How to Transfer Files from Dropbox to Google Drive?

Why Transfer From Dropbox to Google Drive?

With the development of technology, the cloud storage devices are more and more popular in computers. As cloud storage devices store data online, therefore, you can use the data on any computer in anywhere as long as you have access to the Internet. Dropbox and Google Drive are two famous cloud drives and for your specially requirement, you may have more than one aforementioned cloud drive. Since both clouds have difference features, and you may want to find a tool that has the feature to move from Dropbox to Google Drive easily. Here in this post, we will show you how to transfer files between Dropbox to Google Drive.

How Do I Move Files from Dropbox to Google Drive?

• Traditional Way: Download and Upload

  Usually, cloud drives have the feature, download and upload, which enables users to download the files from the source cloud drive to the local PC first, and then upload these files to the target cloud. To transfer files from Dropbox to Google Drive, first, you need download files from Dropbox to the local PC first, then, re-upload them to your Google Drive. You can follow below detailed steps to achieve how to copy from Dropbox to Google Drive using download and upload method.

Step 1. Log in your Dropbox account and click "My Files". Select files you want to download and click "Download" button to download these files to your local PC.

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Step 2. Log in your Google Drive account, click "My Drive" button.


Step 3. Click "Upload Files" to upload these files downloaded from Dropbox to you Google Drive.



If your data size is not very large, you can use this way to move Dropbox files to Google Drive. However, this way may take a lot of time because the download and upload speed depends on the file size and the speed of the Internet. So is there any way that can bypass this problem? Luckily, here we will introduce a popular way to you to help you resolve this problem.

• Polular Way: Transfer Files from Dropbox to Google Drive with MultCloud

  Using download and upload to convert data from dropbox to google drive may take a lot of time, and it should be operated manually because you cannot leave the page while downloading or uploading. Fortunately, there is another way that can help you move data from Dropbox to Google drive easily. MultCloud is a great choice to help you achieve your goal.

  

  MultCloud is a free cloud storage manager, which supports cloud to cloud file transfer and it can put multiple cloud storages into one platform for managing and transferring files across clouds. You can use it to migrate Dropbox to Google Drive or other clouds. If you want to create a scheduled task, then you can do a schedule file copy.

  Now, let’s create one account with MultCloud or you can click experience without signing up if you do not want to sign up.

  

• 1. Step 1. 

     Add your Dropbox account and Google Drive account

     

  2. Step 2. 

     Create a Cloud Transfer task, select Dropbox as the source, select Google Drive as the destination, click “Transfer Now”, wait for the process to complete and you will find the transferred files from your Google Drive.

     

If you want to view the transfer process intuitively，here is a YouTube video that can teach you step by step of how to transfer Google Drive to Dropbox directly.

Notes:

• This video teachs you to transfer from Google Drive to Dropbox. To transfer from Dropbox to Google Drive, you need to select Dropbox as the source and select Google Drive as the destination.
• If you do not want to transfer whole Dropbox to Google Drive, you can select the directory you need to tansfer under Dropbox as the source.

Summary

Following any way from above solutions, you can transfer files from Dropbox to Google Drive easily. If you find the second solution is much better, you can start to use it now. If you prefer to use the second solution, when the "Cloud Transfer" task starts, you can close the website and even shut down your PC because MultCloud can process this task at the background. Currently, MultCloud supports more than 30 clouds including Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, MEGA, G Suite, etc. If you want to migrate Dropbox to OneDrive , and copy all Google Drive files from one account to another without downloading and uploading, you can make full use of MultCloud.