Google Drive for desktop
com.google.drivefs.settings
Use this section to define settings for Google Drive for desktop
macOS
exclusiveConfiguration Keys (26)
Showing 26 of 26 keys
| Key | Type | Description | Default | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
PFC_SegmentedControl_0stringrequired | string | — | Default: — | Range: — |
AllowedAccountsPatternstringAllowed Accounts Pattern | string | Regular expression indicating accounts that are allowed to sign in on this machine. | Default: ".*@(mydomain1|mydomain2).com" | Range: — |
AutoStartOnLoginbooleanAuto Start on Login | boolean | Start Drive for desktop automatically on session login. | Default: — | Range: — |
BandwidthRxKBPSintegerMax Downstream Bandwidth | integer | Maximum downstream kilobytes per second. | Default: — | Range: — |
BandwidthTxKBPSintegerMax Upstream Bandwidth | integer | Maximum upstream kilobytes per second. | Default: — | Range: — |
ContentCachePathstringContent Cache Path | string | Sets the path to the content cache location on a connected APFS or HFS+ file system. | Default: "~/Library/Application Support/Google/DriveFS" | Range: — |
ContentCacheMaxKbytesintegerMax Content Cache Size | integer | Sets the limit on content cache size in kilobytes. The limit is capped at 20% of the available space on the hard drive regardless of the setting value. | Default: — | Range: — |
DefaultMountPointstringDefault Mount Point | string | Set the mounted drive path. You can include tilde (~) or environment variables in the path. | Default: "/Volumes/GoogleDrive" | Range: — |
DisableExternalMediaSyncbooleanDisable External Media Sync | boolean | Disables backing up files and folders from external media, such as USB drives, cameras, and phones, to Google Drive or Google Photos. | Default: — | Range: — |
Disable Localized Virtual Folders | boolean | Disables localized names for My Drive, Shared drives, and Computers. Names remain in en-US instead of being localized to the OS system language. | Default: — | Range: — |
DisableMeetOutlookPluginbooleanDisable Outlook Meet Plugin | boolean | Disables the Microsoft Outlook Meet plugin that's bundled with Drive for desktop. | Default: — | Range: — |
DisableMirroredFoldersbooleanDisable Mirrored Folders | boolean | Disables mirroring of arbitrary folders (such as "Documents") to Google Drive. | Default: — | Range: — |
DisableMirroredMyDrivebooleanDisable Mirrored My Drive | boolean | Disables mirroring of the entire My Drive folder. | Default: — | Range: — |
DisableOnboardingDialogbooleanDisable Onboarding Dialog | boolean | Disables the welcome window for new users. | Default: — | Range: — |
DisableOutlookPluginbooleanDisable Outlook Plugin | boolean | Disables the Microsoft Outlook Google Drive attachment plugin that's bundled with Drive for desktop. | Default: — | Range: — |
DisablePhotosSyncbooleanDisable Photos Sync | boolean | Disables backing up photos and videos to Google Photos. | Default: — | Range: — |
DisableRealTimePresencebooleanDisable Real Time Presence | boolean | Disables real-time presence in Microsoft Office (https://support.google.com/drive/answer/7329379#realtime) | Default: — | Range: — |
ForceBrowserAuthbooleanForce Browser Authentication | boolean | Use browser authentication. | Default: — | Range: — |
MinFreeDiskSpaceKBytesintegerMinimum Free Disk Space | integer | Controls the amount of local space used by Drive for desktop's cache. Stops writing content to the disk when free disk space gets below this threshold, in kilobytes. | Default: — | Range: — |
OpenOfficeFilesInDocsbooleanOpen Office Files In Docs | boolean | When using Copy to clipboard on MS Office files synced by Drive for desktop, create links that open in the respective Google Docs Editor instead of the read only Google Drive web preview. | Default: true | Range: — |
PromptToBackupDevicesbooleanPrompt to back up devices | boolean | Enable Prompt me to back up devices setting. | Default: true | Range: — |
DirectConnectionbooleanDirect Connection | boolean | This bypasses proxy configurations. | Default: — | Range: — |
DisableCRLCheckbooleanDisable CRL Check | boolean | This disables checking Certificate Revocation Lists (CRLs) provided by certificate authorities. If not explicitly set, this defaults to true if TrustedRootCertsFile is provided, otherwise false. | Default: — | Range: — |
DisableSSLValidationbooleanDisable SSL Validation | boolean | This disables validating SSL traffic. Traffic will still be encrypted, but we will not validate that the SSL certificates of the upstream servers are all valid. | Default: — | Range: — |
TrustedRootCertsFilestringTrusted Root Certs File | string | This is the full path to an alternate file to use for validating host SSL certificates. It must be in Privacy Enhanced Mail (PEM) format. Set this if your users are on networks with decrypting proxies. | Default: — | Range: — |
AutomaticErrorReportingbooleanHelp improve Drive for desktop | boolean | Automatically send diagnostic logs to Google when Drive for desktop encounters a problem. | Default: true | Range: — |