Follow the steps below to save a document from your Google Drive to your Desktop.
- Navigate to https://drive.google.com/ and locate the document you want to save to your desktop.
- Right-click on your Google Docs document –> Click the Download option as shown below.

3. Provide a name, browse to the Desktop location on your computer, and click the Save button to save the file on the Desktop.
These are the steps to copy a file from Google Drive to the desktop.
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