Can rclone download from google file id instead of folder id
What is the problem you are having with rclone?
I cannot download a Specific file from the file-id ( not folder-id)
Run the command 'rclone version' and share the full output of the command.
rclone v1.75.1
- os/version: ubuntu 20.04 (64 bit)
- os/kernel: 5.4.0-216-generic (x86_64)
- os/type: linux
- os/arch: amd64
- go/version: go1.26.8
- go/linking: static
- go/tags: none
Which cloud storage system are you using? >>> Google Drive
From rclone.conf, I have set the team-drive id blank,
[gdrive]
type = drive
team_drive =
client_id = 7622xxxx.apps.googleusercontent.com
client_secret = GOCSPX-xxxxx
scope = drive
token = {"access_token":"ya29.xxxxxx-xxxxxx>
root_folder_id =
server_side_across_configs = true
The command you were trying to run (eg rclone copy /tmp remote:tmp)
rclone copy gdrive: --drive-root-folder-id="1NOSQUdGKD259DzXK7ExEXnGiwYpCKr-t" downlodhere/ -P
sample public file ( this is inside a team drive folder)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NOSQUdGKD259DzXK7ExEXnGiwYpCKr-t/
A log from the command that you were trying to run with the -vv flag
rclone ls gdrive: --drive-root-folder-id "1NOSQUdGKD259DzXK7ExEXnGiwYpCKr-t" -P -vv
2026/09/08 10:37:42 DEBUG : rclone: Version "v1.75.1" starting with parameters ["rclone" "ls" "gdrive:" "--drive-root-folder-id" "1NOSQUdGKD259DzXK7ExEXnGiwYpCKr-t" "-P" "-vv"]
2026/09/08 10:37:42 DEBUG : Creating backend with remote "gdrive:"
2026/09/08 10:37:42 DEBUG : Using config file from "/home//.config/rclone/rclone.conf"
2026/09/08 10:37:42 DEBUG : gdrive: detected overridden config - adding "{YR1be}" suffix to name
2026/09/08 10:37:42 DEBUG : fs cache: renaming cache item "gdrive:" to be canonical "gdrive{YR1be}:"
Transferred: 0 B / 0 B, -, 0 B/s, ETA -
Elapsed time: 0.0s
2026/09/08 10:37:43 DEBUG : 5 go routines active