files

GET /files

Changed on Nov 8, 2026

Lists the user's files. For more information, see Search for files and folders. This method accepts the q parameter, which is a search query combining one or more search terms. This method returns all files by default, including trashed files. If you don't want trashed files to appear in the list, use the trashed=false query parameter to remove trashed files from the results.

Request

Base URL
https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v3
Auth
- OAuth 2 and OAuth 2
  Implicithttps://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth
  Scopeshttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive
  Authorization codehttps://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth
  Token URLhttps://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/token
  Scopeshttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive
- or OAuth 2 and OAuth 2
  Implicithttps://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth
  Scopeshttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.appdata
  Authorization codehttps://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth
  Token URLhttps://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/token
  Scopeshttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.appdata
- or OAuth 2 and OAuth 2
  Implicithttps://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth
  Scopeshttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.file
  Authorization codehttps://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth
  Token URLhttps://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/token
  Scopeshttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.file
- or OAuth 2 and OAuth 2
  Implicithttps://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth
  Scopeshttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.meet.readonly
  Authorization codehttps://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth
  Token URLhttps://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/token
  Scopeshttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.meet.readonly
- or OAuth 2 and OAuth 2
  Implicithttps://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth
  Scopeshttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.metadata
  Authorization codehttps://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth
  Token URLhttps://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/token
  Scopeshttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.metadata
- or OAuth 2 and OAuth 2
  Implicithttps://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth
  Scopeshttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.metadata.readonly
  Authorization codehttps://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth
  Token URLhttps://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/token
  Scopeshttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.metadata.readonly
- or OAuth 2 and OAuth 2
  Implicithttps://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth
  Scopeshttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.photos.readonly
  Authorization codehttps://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth
  Token URLhttps://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/token
  Scopeshttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.photos.readonly
- or OAuth 2 and OAuth 2
  Implicithttps://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth
  Scopeshttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.readonly
  Authorization codehttps://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth
  Token URLhttps://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/token
  Scopeshttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.readonly

Query parameters

corporastring

Specifies a collection of items (files or documents) to which the query applies. Supported items include: * user * domain * drive * allDrives Prefer user or drive to allDrives for efficiency. By default, corpora is set to user. However, this can change depending on the filter set through the q parameter. For more information, see File organization.

corpus'domain' | 'user'

Deprecated: The source of files to list. Use corpora instead.

driveIdstring

ID of the shared drive to search.

includeItemsFromAllDrivesboolean

Whether both My Drive and shared drive items should be included in results.

includeLabelsstring

A comma-separated list of IDs of labels to include in the labelInfo part of the response.

includePermissionsForViewstring

Specifies which additional view's permissions to include in the response. Only published is supported.

includeTeamDriveItemsboolean

Deprecated: Use includeItemsFromAllDrives instead.

orderBystring

A comma-separated list of sort keys. Valid keys are: * createdTime: When the file was created. Avoid using this key for queries on large item collections as it might result in timeouts or other issues. For time-related sorting on large item collections, use modifiedTime desc instead. * folder: The folder ID. This field is sorted using alphabetical ordering. * modifiedByMeTime: The last time the file was modified by the user. * modifiedTime: The last time the file was modified by anyone. * name: The name of the file. This field is sorted using alphabetical ordering, so 1, 12, 2, 22. * name_natural: The name of the file. This field is sorted using natural sort ordering, so 1, 2, 12, 22. * quotaBytesUsed: The number of storage quota bytes used by the file. * recency: The most recent timestamp from the file's date-time fields. * sharedWithMeTime: When the file was shared with the user, if applicable. * starred: Whether the user has starred the file. * viewedByMeTime: The last time the file was viewed by the user. Each key sorts ascending by default, but can be reversed with the desc modifier. Example usage: ?orderBy=folder,modifiedTime desc,name.

pageSizeinteger

The maximum number of files to return. The service may return fewer than this value. If unspecified, at most 100 files will be returned for shared drives, and the entire list of files for non-shared drives. The maximum value is 1000; values above 1000 will be coerced to 1000.

pageTokenstring

The token for continuing a previous list request on the next page. This should be set to the value of nextPageToken from the previous response.

qstring

A query for filtering the file results. For supported syntax, see Search for files and folders.

spacesstring

A comma-separated list of spaces to query within the corpora. Supported values are drive and appDataFolder. For more information, see File organization.

supportsAllDrivesboolean

Whether the requesting application supports both My Drives and shared drives.

supportsTeamDrivesboolean

Deprecated: Use supportsAllDrives instead.

teamDriveIdstring

Deprecated: Use driveId instead.

Response

Successful response

incompleteSearchboolean

Whether the search process was incomplete. If true, then some search results might be missing, since all documents were not searched. This can occur when searching multiple drives with the allDrives corpora, but all corpora couldn't be searched. When this happens, it's suggested that clients narrow their query by choosing a different corpus such as user or drive.

kindstring

Identifies what kind of resource this is. Value: the fixed string "drive#fileList".

nextPageTokenstring

The page token for the next page of files. This will be absent if the end of the files list has been reached. If the token is rejected for any reason, it should be discarded, and pagination should be restarted from the first page of results. The page token is typically valid for several hours. However, if new items are added or removed, your expected results might differ.

Changes

Nov 8, 2026d1fe7d8d02c7 Revision changes
- info
  the security scope https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive was added to the endpoint's security scheme Oauth2
- info
  the security scope https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive was added to the endpoint's security scheme Oauth2c
- info
  the security scope https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.readonly was removed from the endpoint's security scheme Oauth2
- info
  the security scope https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.readonly was removed from the endpoint's security scheme Oauth2c
Oct 15, 20263257eb8f178c Revision changes
- info
  the security scope https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive was added to the endpoint's security scheme Oauth2
- info
  the security scope https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive was added to the endpoint's security scheme Oauth2c
- info
  the security scope https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.readonly was removed from the endpoint's security scheme Oauth2
- info
  the security scope https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.readonly was removed from the endpoint's security scheme Oauth2c

Operation history (4 revisions)

GET /files

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