Back Up Windows to Google Drive — Automatic, Encrypted
Schedule real, versioned, AES-256 encrypted backups from your Windows PC to Google Drive. Use the Google One storage you already pay for — encrypted so Google can't read it.
Most people already pay Google for storage — a Google One plan, or the 15 GB that comes free. Using that space as a real backup target is one of the cheapest ways to get your data off your PC. BackupKit connects to your Google Drive, encrypts your files locally, and uploads them on a schedule. No second subscription, no new vendor.
Sync is not backup
The Google Drive desktop app syncs a folder: change a file and the change is mirrored to the cloud, including mistakes. Delete a file, or let ransomware encrypt it, and that destruction syncs straight up. There's no real version history of arbitrary folders and no protection against “the bad thing already happened.”
- Backup keeps history. BackupKit stores versioned archives with retention you set, so yesterday's good copy survives today's mistake.
- Backup is deliberate. Choose exactly which folders to protect — not just whatever lives inside the synced Drive folder.
- Backup is encrypted by you. Files are AES-256 encrypted before they leave your machine.
BackupKit encrypts client-side with a password only you hold. What lands in your Drive is an encrypted archive — Google stores the bytes but can't read the contents. The trade-off: if you lose the password, the backup is unrecoverable, so store it safely.
Set it up
- Add your Google Drive account in BackupKit and authorize access. Connect as many accounts as you like.
- Create a backup job. Source = the folders you care about (Documents, Projects, photo library). Destination = a folder in your Drive.
- Configure. AES-256 encryption with a password, a daily or weekly schedule, retention (e.g. keep 30 days or the last 10 versions), and optional compression.
- Save and activate. It runs unattended; you get a notification if a run fails.
Common questions
Yes — backups live in your Drive and use your quota. Compression helps; for large libraries, a Google One upgrade or a second destination (a NAS, an FTP server) may be cheaper than a big Drive plan.
Yes. Run a second job to a NAS or FTP server for a proper 3-2-1 strategy — one copy local, one off-site, on their own schedules and retention.
It backs up to the Drive account you connect. Personal and standard accounts are the typical case; check your organization's policy before backing up to a Workspace account.
Related
- Back up Windows to Dropbox
- Back up Windows to OneDrive
- AES-256 encryption — how client-side encryption works.
- Scheduled backups feature
- Automated encrypted cloud backups — the full walkthrough.
Coming August 2026
Back up anything to anywhere — encrypted, scheduled, automated. Join the waitlist and be first to know when BackupKit is ready — early subscribers get 20% off at launch.