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Fix Google Drive Download Limit (Quota Exceeded) Error

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Bypass Google Drive Download Limit (Quota Exceeded) Error

Bypass Google Drive Download Limit (Quota Exceeded) Error

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Google has made changes to Google Drive, and this method *may not* work for all users. We do have an alternative method, which has been more useful.

Try #2 method

In this post, I’ll show how to fix Google Drive Download limit (Quota Exceeded) Error. Since Google Drive is the home to backup files and folders in the cloud. We use to upload, download and share files with our family, friends, clients or in public. If you’ve been using for a while now, you have probably experienced this error. Which says; Download Quota Exceeded or sorry you can’t view or download this file at this time.

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Table of Contents

    • What’s Google Drive Download Limit (Quota Exceeded)
  • #1 Bypass/Fix Google Drive Download Limit Error
    • Bypass Google Drive Download Limit (Quota Exceeded) Error – Video
  • #2 Bypass/Fix Google Drive Download Limit Error
  • YouTube – Bypass Google Drive Download Limit (Quota Exceeded) Error

What’s Google Drive Download Limit (Quota Exceeded)

Generally, everyone is free to upload, download and share files with friends, or out of your friends with a large number of people, with that quotas remain in effect with download limit availability. For instance, if a large amount of users downloads a file you’ve shared with, the file will be blocked when the availability limit reaches. The reason because Google wants to minimize abuse. However, if a huge amount of users views or downloads a file, the file may be locked for a 24 hour period before the quota is reset.

The period the file is locked may be shorter if the file doesn’t continue receiving high traffic. In case, if the file is particularly popular or way important that receives heavy views or downloads, it may take days or even longer before you manage to download it. Haven’t heard before? That’s because Google doesn’t mention it anywhere. In this article, I’ll guide you how to bypass Google Drive download limit error (Quota Exceeded for this file), let’s jump into it.

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Method: 1

#1 Bypass/Fix Google Drive Download Limit Error

In this post, I’ll share how to fix Google Drive download limit error (Quota Exceeded) Error. That quota indicates of the download limit that each file on Google Drive has. For example, a user like me uploads a file on Google Drive and shares it with everyone on a website or on social networks. What’s happens next is, when a huge amount users come around to your website and click on the link to download the file so Google Drive will apply the download limit. Google Drive has a 24 hours duration of Quota. But that’s not what everyone could wait or do. In this case, I’ve come up with a fix.

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Before you get started, at first, navigate to Google Drive and sign in if you already aren’t signed in.  Once you’re there, you’re good to go.

Google Drive
Google Drive

First, of first, you’ll need to locate the file in order to do some changes to make it available for download. Head to the file you want to download and right-click on the file > select Get Shareable link. For this example, we’ll download macOS Mojave VMware Image.

Get Shareable link
Get Shareable link

Once the link is created, browse the link in a new tab.

Link sharing on
Link sharing on

When you’ll see the file preview, click on Add to drive button at the right corner to grab a copy of the file in your drive.

Fix Google Drive download limit
Add to Drive

After you click, the file will be added to your drive, just click on organize and select a folder to add the file in your drive.

Fix Google Drive download limit
Organize
Fix Google Drive download limit
Fix Google Drive download limit

Next, right click on the file and choose to Make a copy. The copy will be added to your drive and you’ll be the owner of the file. Since you are the owner of the file in your drive, you may download it to your local system this way. It is important to keep in your mind that by time you are the owner of the file, you will be responsible for policy violations or other issues related to the file, be careful. Once the file is copied, you can try to download the file ( Copy of xxx file ) without any problem. To do so, just right click on the file and hit Download.

Fix Google Drive download limit
Download

This won’t harm or make any problem or risk to your computer, simply press Download Anyway and the file will start downloading.

Fix Google Drive download limit
Download Anyway

The file is now available whenever you wish to download. It’s worth to remember that this file is private and own by you.

Fix Google Drive download limit
Downloading

All right! We’re done. Our file is downloading now, it may take time depending on your internet connection speed. When you’ve downloaded the file, you’re happy to go. Continue with the installation of macOS Catalina from the link. Here’s how to Install macOS Catalina on VMware on Windows PC.

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That should fix the Google Drive download limit. This solution works and has worked for us from the very past. From this point, you can download macOS High Sierra VMware & VirtualBox image or macOS Catalina VMware & VirtualBox image or whatever file.

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Bypass Google Drive Download Limit (Quota Exceeded) Error – Video

Method 2:

Generally, everyone is free to upload, download and share files with friends, or out of your friends with a large number of people, with that quotas remain in effect with download limit availability. In many cases, if a large following of users attempts to download a file you’ve shared, the file can be blocked when a limit is reached. Google wants to minimize abuse and has put this rule in place. If a large amount of users view or download it, the file may be locked for a 24 hour period before the quota is reset.

The period the file is locked may be shorter if the file doesn’t continue receiving high traffic. If the file is extremely popular or very important that receives heavy views or downloads, it may take days or even longer before you manage to download it. This issue has frustrated many users and Google doesn’t mention it anywhere. In this article, I’ll guide you how to bypass Google Drive download limit error (Quota Exceeded for this file), so lets get started.

#2 Bypass/Fix Google Drive Download Limit Error

In this post, I’ll show how to fix Google Drive download limit error (Quota Exceeded) Error. The quota is a download limit each file has on Google Drive has. For example, a user like me uploads a file on Google Drive and shares it with everyone on a website or on social networks. What’s happens next is, when a huge amount users come around to your website and click on the link to download the file, this is when Google Drive download limit applies. Google Drive Quota duration is about 24 hours. Not everyone can wait or has better things to do then constantly refresh the page hoping it will work. So in this case, I’ve come up with a fix. Follow the steps below, or jump to the Youtube video created.

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To get started, navigate to Google Drive and sign in if you haven’t already done so. A google account is required to for this solution.

First, locate and head to the file you want to download. We need to make some modifications to the page so it will be available for download. In this example, we’ll download macOS Sierra Image.

Google Drive File

Once the file is located, navigate to the address bar, select and highlight ‘drive/folders‘ and delete it.

We are now going to replace it with ‘file/d‘, then hit enter and let the page refresh.

Your screen will change and now you should see a file preview page, like below. Next, click the menu icon in the right corner.

In the menu, select ‘Add star‘

Now, we want to head over to your own personal Google Drive. In here we need to create a new folder and choose any name you would like, just remember the name. I’m going to call mine ‘MyDownloadedStuff‘. We will use it in the next few steps.

Once your folder is created, scroll down, and on the left side select ‘Starred‘ in the list.

Now, we can move over to the file we want to download, Select it and right click on it. A menu will pop up and we want to select ‘Add shortcut to Drive‘

You will be asked for a location to add the shortcut. This when you want to go to the new folder you that have just created. Then click on ‘Add Shortcut‘

Once shortcut is created, move back to My Drive, and select the new folder you had created (mine is called MyDownloadedStuff). In this folder you should see a shortcut for to the file we want download. Right click on the folder and select download. Alternatively, if it’s a folder with files in it, you can also go in the folder and download individual files.
*EDIT (11/25/20)* You need to download the entire folder. Single file download is not working for many users

In the bottom right corner of the browser, you will see a download notification. This will start the process of compressing the file into a zip, and then it will automatically download it. Depending on the file size, this can be slow. Sometimes very slow, but it will work.

I hope you find this tutorial useful. If you are having difficulty following the steps see the Youtube video below and it will walk you through the complete process.

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YouTube – Bypass Google Drive Download Limit (Quota Exceeded) Error

This video will follow the above steps for bypassing the quota error, and show you how to download the desired files you need in a step by step process.

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  1. Kirandeep Kaur says:
    2 years ago

    Thanks, it really helped me

    Reply
    • Ali says:
      2 years ago

      Thats great!

      Reply
  2. SirPaul says:
    2 years ago

    It worked! Thank you so much🙂🙂

    Reply
  3. andin says:
    2 years ago

    not working anymore, cant copy if quota exceed, trying it with unlimited drive storage, still cant copy quota exceed files. 10/2/2020

    Reply
    • Ali Nazarii says:
      2 years ago

      check the new method https://www.geekrar.com/fix-google-drive-download-limit-quota-exceeded-error-updated-method/

      Reply
  4. Domnegron says:
    2 years ago

    Thanks a lot man, it worked, i tried now in 31/08/2020

    Reply
    • Ali Nazarii says:
      2 years ago

      glad you had success

      Reply
  5. Jay Yogi says:
    2 years ago

    What if i directlt make a copy to my drive and just download it from there? i have tried it and files downloaded. not sure of working but download completed as same as copying link and then opening it in drive.

    Reply
    • Ali Nazarii says:
      2 years ago

      ive never tried drive to drive, so I am not sure

      Reply
  6. asdfdsasdf says:
    3 years ago

    when i make a copy of a shortcut the owner doesn’t change and i still have quota limit on the file… this method doesn’t work for me

    Reply
  7. Abdul Auwal says:
    3 years ago

    it’s giving me “add shortcut to drive” that’s why it is not adding the file rather only shortcut adding to my drive. that’s why it is not working.. i tried with fresh email with 15GB space 🙁

    Reply
  8. Mike says:
    3 years ago

    For the longest time I kept trying to upgrade my Late 2009 iMac from Yosemite to High Sierra but the Mac Store kept saying that it was not available for me and whenever I downloaded the DMG from Apple, it would say “Corrupt Image”

    Reply
  9. Peter says:
    3 years ago

    this is genius! Thank you very much!

    Reply
  10. akismetuser561677172N3ur0m4n says:
    3 years ago

    May 30, 2020: second method works perfectly

    Reply
  11. Lizandro says:
    3 years ago

    29/05/2020 still working, thanks man!

    Reply
  12. zzarkness says:
    3 years ago

    May, 2020 now and It works, thanks.
    Keep trying to download the Copy and it may work, if you use something like IDM, it may not show the data size but can download normally.

    Reply
  13. emilebosman39154 says:
    3 years ago

    Great Article! Thank you it worked perfectly. Well Done. Appreciate.

    Reply
  14. Ali Nazari says:
    3 years ago

    The password is Geekrar.com

    Reply
  15. Jack says:
    3 years ago

    Link not working… it’s showing- 404. That’s an error.

    The requested URL was not found on this server. That’s all we know.

    Reply
  16. Sheky says:
    3 years ago

    Thanks a lot! I’d always loved people who spend time sharing their experiences to help others.

    Reply
  17. Harshi Gangodawilage says:
    3 years ago

    Thank you. its help so much

    Reply
  18. Mia says:
    3 years ago

    This worked amazingly. Thank you!

    Reply
  19. Radu Pop says:
    3 years ago

    Indeed, it is no longer working.

    Reply
  20. gogel bypasser says:
    3 years ago

    worked like a charm kiss

    Reply
  21. Syan says:
    3 years ago

    MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ENOUGH FREE SPACE ON YOUR GOOGLE DRIVE UNLESS IT WONT WORK!!

    Reply
  22. Jordan Daely says:
    3 years ago

    Thanks. I appreciate this post, it really helped.

    Reply
  23. doawodmoawdmo says:
    4 years ago

    true

    Reply
  24. Swing says:
    4 years ago

    Thanks a lot, it worked!!

    Reply
  25. benn frack says:
    4 years ago

    Tnx..!!! man

    Reply
  26. Three Headed, Six Armed says:
    4 years ago

    For those who get errors when trying to create a copy, clear up space on your google drive. You most likely do not have enough to create the copy.

    Reply
  27. Mohamad Yusoff says:
    4 years ago

    move file to team drive

    Reply
  28. Mohamad Yusoff says:
    4 years ago

    gsuite owners can move the file to a team drive folder which does not have limit

    Reply
  29. luigi says:
    4 years ago

    its not working same error message

    Reply
  30. JM Blancaflor says:
    4 years ago

    Thank you!!!!

    Reply
  31. Mayur Patel says:
    4 years ago

    I was disappointed with this problem from so much time thanks for the true solution which actually works.
    how do you guys figure out such things?????
    thanks.

    Reply
  32. Gui says:
    4 years ago

    It worked. Thank you a lot.

    Reply
  33. Eliott says:
    4 years ago

    ayy this work thanks homie

    Reply
  34. Gillian Llenta says:
    4 years ago

    Extremely Clever, thank you for the Info.

    Reply
  35. raju says:
    4 years ago

    it perfectly works . thanks man

    Reply
  36. matrix501 says:
    4 years ago

    it used to work now i try it and i get an error when i try to copy the file! I have tried over 20 files all the same error! i think they fixed this little go around for good this time! Thanks anyway you havbe a fix for this???

    Reply
  37. lnternetainment says:
    4 years ago

    Doesn’t work 🙁

    Reply
  38. juned says:
    4 years ago

    thanks this work

    Reply
  39. Mauricio Reinales Ortiz says:
    4 years ago

    thank you

    Reply
  40. K says:
    4 years ago

    ugh thank you, this worked. so annoying.

    Reply
  41. Willy says:
    4 years ago

    Works perfectly, thx !!

    Reply
  42. Lawr says:
    4 years ago

    THANKS !!! WORKS FOR ME

    Reply
  43. Master says:
    4 years ago

    Brilliant Bro….!!!!!!!!!!

    Reply
  44. Kiki says:
    4 years ago

    THANK YOU IT WORKS!!!

    Reply
    • Honest says:
      4 years ago

      NO ITS NOT !!!

      Reply
  45. ozy says:
    4 years ago

    I think google just blocked this fix. It no longer works.

    Reply

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