Hello
What is the problem you are having with rclone?
For a Google Drive remote, commands like rclone ls, rclone lsjson do not report the right file extension / mime type for native Google Docs, Google Slides, Google Presentations.
Run the command 'rclone version' and share the full output of the command.
rclone v1.74.3
- os/version: debian forky/sid (64 bit)
- os/kernel: 7.0.12+deb14.1-amd64 (x86_64)
- os/type: linux
- os/arch: amd64
- go/version: go1.26.4
- go/linking: static
- go/tags: none
Which cloud storage system are you using?
Google Drive
The command you were trying to run (eg rclone copy /tmp remote:tmp)
rclone lsjson drive:z -M -vv --log-file=log.txt
[
{
"Path": "Document sans titre.docx",
"Name": "Document sans titre.docx",
"Size": -1,
"MimeType": "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document",
"ModTime": "2026-06-14T07:58:41.466Z",
"IsDir": false,
"ID": "<FileID>",
"Metadata": {
"btime": "2026-06-14T07:58:34.026Z",
"content-type": "application/vnd.google-apps.document",
"copy-requires-writer-permission": "false",
"mtime": "2026-06-14T07:58:41.466Z",
"owner": "<xxxx@example.com>",
"starred": "false",
"viewed-by-me": "true",
"writers-can-share": "true"
}
}
]
The Google Doc above was directly created in Google Drive web interface. There is no file extension in the name. However, rclone adds a .docx in the Name and Path fields. The MimeType is also not correct.
Metadata.content-type shows the right MIME type for a native Google Doc.
rclone v1.55.1 is the last version that gives the correct names without file extension for this kind of documents:
./rclone-v1.55.1 lsjson drive:z | jq .
[
{
"Path": "Document sans titre",
"Name": "Document sans titre",
"Size": 1024,
"MimeType": "application/vnd.google-apps.document",
"ModTime": "2026-06-14T07:58:41.466Z",
"IsDir": false,
"ID": "<FILE_ID>"
}
]
Please run 'rclone config redacted' and share the full output. If you get command not found, please make sure to update rclone.
[drive]
type = drive
client_id = XXX
client_secret = XXX
root_folder_id = XXX
scope = drive
token = XXX
team_drive =
A log from the command that you were trying to run with the -vv flag
2026/06/14 14:47:35 DEBUG : rclone: Version "v1.74.3" starting with parameters ["./rclone-v1.74.3" "lsjson" "drive:z" "-M" "-vv" "--log-file=log.txt"]
2026/06/14 14:47:35 DEBUG : Creating backend with remote "drive:z"
2026/06/14 14:47:35 DEBUG : Using config file from "/home/user/tmp/zz-drive/rclone.conf"
2026/06/14 14:47:36 DEBUG : 6 go routines active
Metadata reported by Drive API
curl --header "Authorization: Bearer $ACCESS_TOKEN" 'https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v3/files/$FILE_ID?fields=kind,mimeType,createdTime,id,name,size,version,modifiedTime'
{
"kind": "drive#file",
"id": "<FILE_ID>",
"name": "Document sans titre",
"mimeType": "application/vnd.google-apps.document",
"version": "7",
"createdTime": "2026-06-14T07:58:34.026Z",
"modifiedTime": "2026-06-14T07:58:41.466Z",
"size": "1024"
}