Why does Google Drive in Ubuntu show additional files compared with the web app?
I see way more files in my mapped Google Drive dir in Ubuntu compared with what I see when I use the Google Drive web app. These extra items are also not in my "Shared with me" folder in the web app.
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I see way more files in my mapped Google Drive dir in Ubuntu compared with what I see when I use the Google Drive web app. These extra items are also not in my "Shared with me" folder in the web app.
online-accounts google-drive online-storage
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I see way more files in my mapped Google Drive dir in Ubuntu compared with what I see when I use the Google Drive web app. These extra items are also not in my "Shared with me" folder in the web app.
online-accounts google-drive online-storage
edited Feb 1 at 5:08
wjandrea
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asked Dec 13 '18 at 4:29
SaTaSaTa
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I see way more files in my mapped Google Drive dir in Ubuntu compared with what I see when I use the Google Drive web app. These extra items are also not in my "Shared with me" folder in the web app.
online-accounts google-drive online-storage
online-accounts google-drive online-storage
edited Feb 1 at 5:08
wjandrea
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asked Dec 13 '18 at 4:29
SaTaSaTa
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edited Feb 1 at 5:08
wjandrea
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asked Dec 13 '18 at 4:29
SaTaSaTa
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edited Feb 1 at 5:08
wjandrea
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edited Feb 1 at 5:08
wjandrea
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edited Feb 1 at 5:08
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asked Dec 13 '18 at 4:29
SaTaSaTa
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asked Dec 13 '18 at 4:29
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asked Dec 13 '18 at 4:29
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I was seeing exactly the same - hundreds of files and folders in my Google Drive when viewing with the Ubuntu Files app, but when I looked at Google Drive using a web browser, they weren't there. They also weren't in the Google Drive Bin, and neither where they shared with me. Eventually, I worked out why. If I disable Show Hidden Files in the Ubuntu Files app, they all disappear. I suspect that Google Drive must just "hide" files if they are moved or deleted from anything other than their web interface. I think all the files that I could see before I disabled Show Hidden Files were probably deleted from the same Google Drive folder in my Windows PC.
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Wow, you solved the mystery! Thanks a lot!
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I was seeing exactly the same - hundreds of files and folders in my Google Drive when viewing with the Ubuntu Files app, but when I looked at Google Drive using a web browser, they weren't there. They also weren't in the Google Drive Bin, and neither where they shared with me. Eventually, I worked out why. If I disable Show Hidden Files in the Ubuntu Files app, they all disappear. I suspect that Google Drive must just "hide" files if they are moved or deleted from anything other than their web interface. I think all the files that I could see before I disabled Show Hidden Files were probably deleted from the same Google Drive folder in my Windows PC.
answered Jan 31 at 12:10
Graham88Graham88
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Wow, you solved the mystery! Thanks a lot!
– SaTa
Feb 1 at 4:09
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I was seeing exactly the same - hundreds of files and folders in my Google Drive when viewing with the Ubuntu Files app, but when I looked at Google Drive using a web browser, they weren't there. They also weren't in the Google Drive Bin, and neither where they shared with me. Eventually, I worked out why. If I disable Show Hidden Files in the Ubuntu Files app, they all disappear. I suspect that Google Drive must just "hide" files if they are moved or deleted from anything other than their web interface. I think all the files that I could see before I disabled Show Hidden Files were probably deleted from the same Google Drive folder in my Windows PC.
answered Jan 31 at 12:10
Graham88Graham88
261
Wow, you solved the mystery! Thanks a lot!
– SaTa
Feb 1 at 4:09
add a comment |
I was seeing exactly the same - hundreds of files and folders in my Google Drive when viewing with the Ubuntu Files app, but when I looked at Google Drive using a web browser, they weren't there. They also weren't in the Google Drive Bin, and neither where they shared with me. Eventually, I worked out why. If I disable Show Hidden Files in the Ubuntu Files app, they all disappear. I suspect that Google Drive must just "hide" files if they are moved or deleted from anything other than their web interface. I think all the files that I could see before I disabled Show Hidden Files were probably deleted from the same Google Drive folder in my Windows PC.
answered Jan 31 at 12:10
Graham88Graham88
261
I was seeing exactly the same - hundreds of files and folders in my Google Drive when viewing with the Ubuntu Files app, but when I looked at Google Drive using a web browser, they weren't there. They also weren't in the Google Drive Bin, and neither where they shared with me. Eventually, I worked out why. If I disable Show Hidden Files in the Ubuntu Files app, they all disappear. I suspect that Google Drive must just "hide" files if they are moved or deleted from anything other than their web interface. I think all the files that I could see before I disabled Show Hidden Files were probably deleted from the same Google Drive folder in my Windows PC.
answered Jan 31 at 12:10
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answered Jan 31 at 12:10
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answered Jan 31 at 12:10
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answered Jan 31 at 12:10
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Wow, you solved the mystery! Thanks a lot!
– SaTa
Feb 1 at 4:09
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Wow, you solved the mystery! Thanks a lot!
– SaTa
Feb 1 at 4:09
Wow, you solved the mystery! Thanks a lot!
– SaTa
Feb 1 at 4:09
Wow, you solved the mystery! Thanks a lot!
– SaTa
Feb 1 at 4:09
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