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Install draw.io app for Google Drive via Google Workspace Marketplace

The draw.io app for Google Drive lets you work more easily with diagram files stored in your Google Drive account.

  1. Log into your Google account.
  2. Go to the draw.io for Google Drive listing on the Google Workspace Marketplace and click Install.
    Install the draw.io app for Google Drive via the Google Workspace Marketplace
  3. Click Continue, then choose the account you want to install draw.io into, and sign in or click Continue, if prompted by Google.
    Install the draw.io app for Google Drive via the Google Workspace Marketplace
  4. Click Allow to give permission to the draw.io application to access your diagram files in your Google Drive account.
    Install the draw.io app for Google Drive via the Google Workspace Marketplace
    Google will now install the draw.io for Drive app.
  5. Click Done to close the installer.
    Install the draw.io app for Google Drive via the Google Workspace Marketplace

You can now use draw.io from within your Google Drive account - click on the Google Apps grid in the top right, scroll to the bottom to where your marketplace apps are, and click on draw.io to go to the diagram editor.
Go to draw.io from Google Drive via the Marketplace apps menu in the top right

It's easy to import images of diagrams in Google Docs

Install the draw.io app domain wide

As a Google Workplace (G Suite) administrator, you can install and approve the draw.io add-ons for Google Workplace on behalf of all users on a domain.

  1. Go to https://admin.google.com and log in.
  2. Select Apps.
    Select Apps in the administration area of your Google Workplace
  3. Select Marketplace apps.
    Select Marketplace apps to see Google Workplace add-ons
  4. Click on the plus symbol (+) in the top right of the page.
    Add a new marketplace app
  5. Search for draw.io or diagrams.net, then select an add-on.
  6. Click Domain install and accept the terms and permissions that are presented.
    Install the draw.io add-ons for Google Workplace domain wide

Deletion policy

The draw.io app for Google Workplace (G Suite) stores all information in Google Drive. No data is deleted or altered if the application is removed.

Re-installing the the draw.io app at any time restores access to all data - no diagram data is ever lost.