Adding and Removing Third Party Apps

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How to search for and install third party apps within Google Drive, and how to remove them.

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Adding and Removing 3rd Party Apps

Similar to installing programs on your computer for different purposes, there are many apps that can be added to Google Drive. They are called 3rd party apps because they weren’t developed by Google.

When to use

When you want to do something with Google Drive that you can’t do with the default Google apps.

Instructions

How to Install a 3rd Party app

  • Click “New”
  • Click “More”
  • Click “Connect more apps”
  • Search for the type of app you want
  • Click “Connect” to add the app to Google Drive

How to remove a 3rd Party app

  • Click the gear shaped button
  • Click “Settings”
  • Click “Manage Apps”
  • Find the app you want to remove
  • Click “Options”
  • Click “Disconnect from Drive”
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  • 00:05 One of the great advantages of using Google Drive is the millions and
  • 00:09 millions of users, which makes Google Drive popular.
  • 00:13 And as a result, there’s a number of third-party applications that
  • 00:17 integrate directly with Google Drive.
  • 00:20 Now, a third party application is some piece of functionality
  • 00:24 that was not designed by Google, but was designed to make it easier for
  • 00:28 you to work with certain files within Drive.
  • 00:32 To access and review the number of third party apps available,
  • 00:36 we wanna select the New button > More > Connect more apps.
  • 00:44 This will bring up a new dialogue window where we can scan and
  • 00:48 search a large variety of third party apps.
  • 00:52 Again, this is gonna make it easier for you to edit and
  • 00:56 make certain changes within Google Drive.
  • 00:59 You do not need to add additional apps but you may want to review and
  • 01:04 preview some of the functionality which is available here.
  • 01:07 So, for example, PicMonkey is a very popular tool for editing images.
  • 01:13 If I click on it, I can read some more details about what this PicMonkey app will
  • 01:18 do, and how I might be able to use it
  • 01:20 along with reading some reviews as it pertains to Google Drive.
  • 01:25 If I wish to connect this app, I simply select the blue Connect button.
  • 01:30 It will tell me that it's connect and it may give me some additional options.
  • 01:34 In this example, it's asking if I'd like to make PicMonkey the default app for
  • 01:39 files it can open.
  • 01:40 I'm gonna leave that checked and say OK.
  • 01:44 I'm gonna close this dialog window.
  • 01:46 And now, when I'm dealing with an image, let me open up this one as an example,
  • 01:51 you can see at the top I can go directly to PicMonkey.
  • 01:55 I don't need to copy and paste anything.
  • 01:57 I don't need to download and upload.
  • 02:00 I can directly go to PicMonkey and edit this image from within Google Drive.
  • 02:06 Now, what if you've made a mistake or
  • 02:08 what if you've downloaded something that you don't wish to use anymore?
  • 02:12 Let's look at how we can remove a third party app.
  • 02:15 To do so, we wanna click the Settings icon > Settings option.
  • 02:22 On the left-hand side of your screen,
  • 02:23 you will see that there is a menu called Manage Apps.
  • 02:27 And here you will see a list of all the apps available to you
  • 02:31 including the native Google apps such as Docs and Drawings.
  • 02:36 If I scroll down to the bottom of this list,
  • 02:38 here you can see PickMonkey, the third party app in which I just connected.
  • 02:44 If I select Options, I've got two choices.
  • 02:47 One, I can view the product page,
  • 02:49 that’s where we see those details where we first connected the application.
  • 02:54 Or I can choose to disconnect it from Drive.
  • 02:56 I’m gonna select that option, it’s gonna ask me to confirm, I’m gonna say,
  • 03:01 Disconnect.
  • 03:02 And now, I am no longer connected to PicMonkey.
  • 03:07 So, again, select NEW > More > Connect more apps.
  • 03:14 It'll be worth your time to review some of the third-party apps,
  • 03:17 some of the apps that you may already be using and
  • 03:20 see how you can use see them directly from within Drive.

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