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In Google Drive, how can you link directly to "Download" a zip file and not view the contents?

When you share a Zip file in Google Drive, you land on a page to view all the files inside the zip file and to download the entire file the user has to click File... DownloadFile → Download. I've noticed a lot of users don't get this so I actually have to tell them to click File... DownloadFile → Download when all I really want to do is give them a link to directly download the file.

In Google Drive how can you link directly to "Download" a zip file and not view the contents

When you share a Zip file in Google Drive you land on a page to view all the files inside the zip file and to download the entire file the user has to click File... Download. I've noticed a lot of users don't get this so I actually have to tell them to click File... Download when all I really want to do is give them a link to directly download the file.

In Google Drive, how can you link directly to "Download" a zip file and not view the contents?

When you share a Zip file in Google Drive, you land on a page to view all the files inside the zip file and to download the entire file the user has to click File → Download. I've noticed a lot of users don't get this so I actually have to tell them to click File → Download when all I really want to do is give them a link to directly download the file.

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Sean Bannister
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In Google Drive how can you link directly to "Download" a zip file and not view the contents

When you share a Zip file in Google Drive you land on a page to view all the files inside the zip file and to download the entire file the user has to click File... Download. I've noticed a lot of users don't get this so I actually have to tell them to click File... Download when all I really want to do is give them a link to directly download the file.