Sync Proton Drive with Google Drive, S3, and Other Clouds Using RcloneView

March 11, 2026 · 3 min read

Senior Engineer

Proton Drive is the privacy-focused cloud storage from the makers of ProtonMail. But what if you need to sync it with other clouds for backup or collaboration? RcloneView connects Proton Drive to 70+ providers.

Proton Drive offers end-to-end encrypted storage as part of the Proton ecosystem. It's ideal for privacy-conscious users, but its ecosystem is self-contained — there's no native way to sync Proton Drive with Google Drive, S3, or other services. RcloneView provides that bridge with rclone's Proton Drive support.

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Why Sync Proton Drive with Other Clouds?

Backup redundancy — End-to-end encryption is great, but one provider is still one point of failure.
Migration — Moving from Google Drive to Proton Drive (or vice versa).
Collaboration — Share files with people who don't use Proton.
Hybrid privacy — Sensitive files on Proton Drive, shared files on Google Drive.
Archive — Move old Proton Drive files to cheaper storage (B2, S3 Glacier).

Setting Up Proton Drive in RcloneView

Add Proton Drive as a remote

Open RcloneView and click Add Remote.
Select Proton Drive as the type.
Enter your Proton account username and password.
If you use 2FA, enter the code when prompted.

Browse your Proton Drive files in the two-pane explorer — decrypted on the fly.

Key Workflows

1) Google Drive → Proton Drive (privacy migration)

Switch from Google to Proton for privacy:

2) Proton Drive → S3 (secondary backup)

Create a backup of your Proton Drive on S3 with additional crypt encryption:

Copy specific folders to Google Drive for sharing with collaborators who don't use Proton.

4) Proton Drive ↔ NAS (local sync)

Keep a local copy of Proton Drive on your NAS for fast access and additional redundancy.

Privacy Considerations

Proton Drive files are end-to-end encrypted at rest on Proton's servers.
When you access files via rclone, they're decrypted locally on your machine.
Transferring to another cloud (Google Drive, S3) means the destination copy is NOT encrypted with Proton's keys.
For maximum privacy on the backup destination, use a crypt remote for double encryption.