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If your images and videos already live in Google Drive, you don’t need to download them and upload them again. DMLY’s media picker has a Google Drive tab that lets you pick a file straight from Drive, and DMLY copies it into your workspace’s media library for you.
Google Drive is a tab inside the media picker, not an integration tile — you won’t find it on the Integrations page. The tab only appears if Google Drive has been set up for your DMLY installation. If you don’t see it, it hasn’t been configured.

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Import files

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Open a media picker

Open a media picker — the attach button in the Unified Inbox composer, a media node in the Automation flow builder, or the image field on an offering — then select the Google Drive tab. It’s described as Pick images or videos straight from your Google Drive.
2

Select from Google Drive

Choose Select from Google Drive. Google asks you to sign in and confirm access, then opens its own file picker.
3

Pick your file

Select the image or video you want. The picker lets you choose one file per import.
4

Wait for the import

DMLY shows Importing from Google Drive… while it copies the file. When it finishes, it appears in your media library like any other upload, ready to attach to a message in the Unified Inbox, a media node in an automation flow, or an offering’s image.
Imported files are copies. Editing or deleting the original in Drive afterwards doesn’t change the copy in DMLY, and DMLY never writes anything back to your Drive.

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What DMLY can see in your Drive

This is the part worth understanding before you connect: DMLY asks for the narrowest access Google offers. The permission is Google’s drive.file scope, which grants access only to the files you explicitly pick in the picker. Everything else in your Drive stays invisible — if DMLY tried to read a file you didn’t select, Google would refuse. There is no folder browsing, no background sync, and no ongoing access to your Drive contents. Once you’ve picked your files, your browser hands DMLY a short-lived pass and the file IDs, and the download happens on DMLY’s servers rather than in your browser.

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Limits

Images and videos only

The picker shows images and videos. Google Docs, Sheets and Slides aren’t media files and are rejected if picked.
You import one file at a time. Run the picker again for the next one. Each file is checked against the same file-type and size rules as a normal upload — once before downloading and again on the real file — so a file that’s too large or the wrong type is rejected rather than half-imported.

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When something goes wrong

Google refused the access request, usually because you declined it. Select Select from Google Drive again and approve. If you simply closed the Google window, nothing happens — just select it again.
Google Drive hasn’t been set up for this DMLY installation. This isn’t something you can fix from your workspace — contact your provider.
The Google picker didn’t load. This is usually a blocked pop-up, an ad blocker, or a flaky connection. Allow pop-ups for DMLY and try again.
The picker worked but the files didn’t copy across. Try again. If the same file keeps failing, check it isn’t larger than the upload limit or a file type the media library doesn’t accept — download it and upload it directly to confirm.

Integrations

Connect DMLY to the rest of your stack.

Flow builder

Use imported media in an automation’s media nodes.