However, some users can’t get Google Drive’s offline feature working. Those users have posted on support forums about the Google Drive offline mode not working. Thus, users can’t view or edit their Docs, Sheets, and Slides files offline.
How can I fix Google Drive offline when it’s not working?
1. Check the Offline option is selected
2. Check the Offline mode is enabled for each app
Check the Offline option is enabled within the Docs, Slides, and Sheets web apps. To do that, follow these steps: Google Drive keeps slowing down your PC? Check out this guide for some quick solutions
3. Turn Off Chrome Extensions
4. Set up a new Chrome profile
5. Don’t use Incognito Mode
Google Drive offline doesn’t work in Chrome’s incognito mode as that turns off the Google Docs Offline extension. So, don’t utilize Chrome in incognito mode. If you’ve configured the browser to start in incognito mode, remove the –incognito switch from Chrome’s target path.
If Google Chrome is behind your Google Drive issues, check out this article for some great alternative browsers
6. Reset Chrome
So, that’s how you can fix Google Drive offline when it’s not working. Note that you’ll also need to select an Available offline option for specific files to save them for offline utilization. You can do that in Google Drive by right-clicking files and selecting the Available offline option. If you know of any other methods to fix this Google Drive issue that we may have missed out on, leave us a message in the comments section below.
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