Work on Google Docs, Sheets, & Slides Offline

Work on Google Docs, Sheets, & Slides offline

Computer

If you aren't connected to the internet, you can still create, view, and edit files on:

Google Docs
Google Sheets
Google Slides

Use Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides offline

You can save the most recently opened documents on your computer.

Before you turn on offline access

You must be connected to the internet.
You must use the Google Chrome

How to turn on offline access

1. Open Google Drive.
2. At the top right, click Settings Settings.
3. Turn on Offline setting.
4. To work offline, open Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides.

Tip:

You can turn on offline access from Docs, Sheets, or Slides settings. If you turn on offline access for Docs, Sheets, Slides, or Drive, then the rest will also be available offline.
Alternatively, to turn on offline access, open any Google document, spreadsheet, or presentation. At the top, next to the file title, click See document status Turn on Turn on.
If you want to use offline access for another Google Account, make sure you're signed in to the right Chrome or Edge profile. Learn how to switch Chrome profiles.

Turn off offline access

Open the Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides home screen.
Click Menu Settings.
On the right, turn off Offline.
- Tip: If you turn off offline access for Docs, Sheets, or Slides, you will also turn off offline access for the rest.

Make specific files available offline

If you have enough storage, some of your most recent files will be automatically saved offline. To manually select files to save offline:

Follow the steps above to turn on offline access in Google Drive.
Open the Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides home screen.
On the file you want to use offline, click More .
Click Available offline. A check mark will appear in the bottom left corner to show that the file is available offline.

Tip: You can also make a file available offline by opening a Google document, spreadsheet, or presentation, and clicking File Make available offline.

Check if a document is ready for offline use

On your computer, open a file in Docs, Sheets, or Slides.
At the top, next to the file title, click See document status .

Tip: If your document is not ready to edit offline, an explanation will appear.

Fix problems with using files offline

If you're having trouble working with Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides offline, try these steps.