{"id":10798,"date":"2016-10-20T17:45:15","date_gmt":"2016-10-20T12:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/?p=10798"},"modified":"2023-08-11T18:43:09","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T13:13:09","slug":"bypass-google-drive-download-limit-shared-files","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/bypass-google-drive-download-limit-shared-files\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Bypass Google Drive Download Limit for Shared Files?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Receiving “Sorry, you can’t view or download this file at this time.” error? Learn how to bypass Google Drive download limit for shared files and folders<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

There are a lot of online cloud storage services<\/a> which you will find on the internet and one of the best cloud storage services which you will ever come across is “Google Drive”.<\/p>\n

Google Drive<\/strong> is the official cloud storage service which is provided by Google and helps one in storing all the files, photos, videos, and more on the online cloud. You can use both free and premium accounts in Google Drive.<\/p>\n

File sharing<\/a> is the most important feature of Google Drive and people love this feature to share files and folders with people and set permission whether they can view, edit, or comment on them. But one of the drawbacks of Google Drive is the Google Drive download limit<\/strong> for shared files<\/strong> and folders.<\/p>\n

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Actually, Google has added a functional restriction to the Google drive file sharing which stops any file and folder from being downloaded. Google has a limit of downloads (Bandwidth limits<\/a>) so that you don’t abuse the system.<\/p>\n

Google Accounts Help Center explains “To help keep our systems healthy and your account safe, all G Suite accounts have a limited amount of bandwidth. Certain activities that transfer large amounts of data in a short period of time, like synchronizing a Gmail account to a mobile phone or mail client, can cause an account to reach the bandwidth limit.<\/em><\/span>“<\/p>\n

If there will be too many activities (such as the huge amount of views and downloads within a very short time) for a particular shared link on Google Drive then you will come across Google Drive download limit<\/strong> alert message as shown below and you won\u2019t be able to download the file which you requested to download. Whenever you click on the shared file in Google drive it shows warning message like:<\/p>\n

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Sorry, you can’t view or download this file at this time.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Too many users have viewed or downloaded this file recently. Please try accessing the file again later. If the file you\u2019re trying to access is particularly large or is shared with many people, it may take up to 24 hours to be able to view or download the file. If you still can\u2019t access a file after 24 hours, contact your domain administrator.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

However, there is a very simple solution which you can follow and bypass Google Drive download limit for shared files. You can simply follow the steps mentioned below and find out how to bypass Google Drive download limit for shared files<\/strong> and folders, but before we share the methods in this tutorial let\u2019s find out what is Google Drive and how does it work?<\/p>\n

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