How To Fix Google Drive Download Limit, Quota Exceeded Error

As Google Drive is a great place to backup and manage a lot of content (such as documents, images, software, etc) in the cloud. All of us use to share, download, or upload files with our friends, family, clients or in public. If you’ve been using it for a long time now, you have probably faced an error by the name of Download Quota exceeded for this file, so you can’t download it at this time.

Let me explain first what this error means?

Basically, users are free to download, upload and share files with people around. Due to that sometimes Google puts a download limit for that. For instance, if a hundred people download a file you’ve shared with, the file will be blocked when the availability limit reaches. Also, you can not download those files from Google Drive.

This tutorial will show you how to bypass Google Drive download limit error (Quota Exceeded for this file).

How To Fix Google Drive Download Limit, Quota Exceeded Error

1. To begin, go to Google Drive and sign in if you already aren’t signed in.

2. Navigate to the file you want to download and right-click on the file and select “Get Shareable link“.

Get Shareable link

Get Shareable link

3. Once the link is created, open the link in a new tab.

Link sharing on

Link sharing on

4. When the file preview appears, click on “Add to drive” button at the right corner to grab a copy of the file in your drive.

Add to Drive

Add to Drive

5. After that, the file will be added to your drive, click on “Organize” and choose a folder to add the file in your drive.

6. Then, right-click on the file and select “Make a copy“. Now you’ll be the owner of the file and the copy will be added to your drive.

Make a copy

Make a copy

Note: You will be responsible for policy violations or other problems related to the file

7. You can try to download the file (Copy of xxx file) to your local system without any problem.

VIDEO: How To Bypass Google Drive Download Limit Error

Hope something helps you.

How To Fix Google Drive Download Limit, Quota Exceeded Error
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