> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://doc.indexbrain.online/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Google Drive

> Docs and Slides content, with real per-file privacy.

Connect Indexbrain to Google Drive to search your Docs and Slides — read-only.

## Setup

<Steps>
  <Step title="Go to Integrations">
    Navigate to **Settings > Integrations > Google Drive**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose a mode">
    **Whole Drive** syncs every eligible file automatically, or **Picker** lets you select specific files.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Authorize">
    Sign in with Google and grant access.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Capabilities

### Search Docs and Slides

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Only Google Docs and Slides are synced — Sheets, PDFs, and images are never read (Sheets often hold sensitive numeric data like budgets or comp, which doesn't fit a fact-extraction pipeline well, and PDFs/images have no text-extraction step here).

## Privacy: who can see what

Indexbrain reads each file's real sharing permissions. A file shared with specific people is only visible in Indexbrain to those same people (if they're in your org) — a file shared org-wide or with "anyone with the link" is visible to everyone.

## What Indexbrain does not do in Drive (yet)

* **No Sheets, PDFs, or images.**
* **No write access** — Indexbrain cannot create or edit files.

## How data moves

Files sync on your configured processing interval, using a real incremental filter — only files modified since the last sync are re-listed, not the whole Drive every time.

## Troubleshooting

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="A file isn't showing up yet">
    * Confirm it's a Doc or Slide, not a Sheet, PDF, or image.
    * Wait for the next scheduled sync, or trigger a manual sync.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Picker mode isn't available">
    * Picker mode requires additional setup on Indexbrain's side (a Google Picker API key) — if it's unavailable, use Whole Drive mode instead.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>