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Tap the in the browser's top-right corner and select "Desktop site" . Locate the folder you want to download.

Note: These files stay inside the Drive app and will sync if you make changes while online. Method 3: Using a Third-Party File Manager

Here are the proper methods to achieve this, ranging from the official workaround to the most effective solutions.

Android’s file management system differs significantly from desktop operating systems (Windows, macOS, Linux). While desktop users can download entire folders via browser or sync clients, Android’s Google Drive app is optimized for file-by-file access. This limitation stems from Android’s historical storage permissions and the lack of native background processing for recursive downloads. The objective of this paper is to document reliable methods to download an entire folder from Google Drive to an Android device.

While you can download individual files easily, getting a whole folder onto your phone's internal storage requires a few workarounds. Here is how to do it. Method 1: The Multi-Select Workaround

Solid Explorer, CX File Explorer, or MiXplorer.