# Duplicate folders when copying to crypt inside Google Drive for school

**URL:** <https://forum.rclone.org/t/duplicate-folders-when-copying-to-crypt-inside-google-drive-for-school/14652>\
**Category:** Help and Support\
**Created:** [February 29, 2020, 10:34pm UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/duplicate-folders-when-copying-to-crypt-inside-google-drive-for-school/14652 "2020-02-29T22:34:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![asdffdsa](https://forum.rclone.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@asdffdsa](https://forum.rclone.org/u/asdffdsa)\
**Post date:** [February 29, 2020, 11:33pm UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/duplicate-folders-when-copying-to-crypt-inside-google-drive-for-school/14652/16 "2020-02-29T23:33:00Z")

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perhaps this can help

> [@How to prevent creating duplicate folders in Google Drive with Server Side transfer?](https://forum.rclone.org/t/how-to-prevent-creating-duplicate-folders-in-google-drive-with-server-side-transfer/7278/3):
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> Sure. rclone copy --drive-shared-with-me "Drive:Shared Folder/Shared Subdirectory" Drive:Backups/Games is what causes it for me

"The --drive-shared-with-me hides the non shared with me stuff so rclone doesn’t see the existing folder and creates a duplicate"

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