Migrate Proton Drive to Google Drive — Transfer Files with RcloneView
RcloneView migrates your Proton Drive content to Google Drive directly in the cloud — decrypting files on the fly and uploading them without storing anything locally.
Proton Drive's end-to-end encryption makes it a trusted storage platform for privacy-conscious users. When moving to a team environment built on Google Workspace, migrating Proton Drive documents, photos, and project assets to Google Drive is a common requirement. RcloneView handles this migration efficiently, connecting to both providers and coordinating the transfer through a single sync job.
Manage & Sync All Clouds in One Place
RcloneView is a cross-platform GUI for rclone. Compare folders, transfer or sync files, and automate multi-cloud workflows with a clean, visual interface.
- One-click jobs: Copy · Sync · Compare
- Schedulers & history for reliable automation
- Works with Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, S3, WebDAV, SFTP and more
Free core features. Plus automations available.
Connect Proton Drive and Google Drive in RcloneView
Adding Proton Drive as a remote requires rclone v1.69 or later — which RcloneView's embedded rclone satisfies by default. Go to Remote tab > New Remote, select Proton Drive, and enter your Proton account email and password. If you have two-factor authentication enabled, you'll be prompted for the 2FA code as well.
For Google Drive, select Google Drive and complete the OAuth browser flow. Both remotes appear in RcloneView's file explorer once configured. Open Proton Drive and Google Drive side by side in the dual-panel view to assess the migration scope.
Configure the Migration Job
Create a Copy or Sync job with Proton Drive as the source and your Google Drive folder as the destination. In RcloneView's sync wizard:
- Mode: Choose Copy to move files without removing them from Proton Drive (keeping your original as a backup during migration)
- Filtering: Use the predefined Google Docs filter to avoid issues with file type incompatibilities
- Checksum: Enable for integrity verification of transferred files
Proton Drive's encryption means rclone decrypts content during download and re-uploads the plaintext to Google Drive. Verify your Google Drive destination folder has sufficient quota before starting.
Run Dry Run and Preview
Always use dry run mode before executing a large migration. RcloneView's dry run scans the Proton Drive source and lists every file that would be transferred — giving you file counts, folder structure previews, and transfer size estimates before committing. This helps identify any folders you might want to exclude, like Proton Drive's internal file versions or shared links.
Monitor Progress and Validate Results
RcloneView's Transfer tab shows real-time migration progress. Proton Drive's encrypted storage adds some processing overhead compared to plain-text providers, so transfers may be slightly slower than equivalent Google Drive-to-Drive operations. After the job completes, Job History shows the full summary: files migrated, bytes transferred, duration, and errors.
Compare the file counts and sizes in Google Drive against your Proton Drive source to validate the migration completed successfully.
Getting Started
- Download RcloneView from rcloneview.com.
- Add Proton Drive (email + password) and Google Drive (OAuth) as remotes.
- Create a Copy job from Proton Drive to your Google Drive destination folder.
- Run a dry run to confirm scope, then execute the full migration.
With RcloneView, migrating from Proton Drive to Google Drive is a straightforward process — complete with progress monitoring and a detailed transfer history log.
Related Guides:
- Manage Proton Drive Storage — Sync and Backup Files with RcloneView
- Migrate Proton Drive to OneDrive with RcloneView
- Manage Google Drive Storage — Sync and Backup Files with RcloneView
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