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How to Sync Yandex Disk with Google Drive, S3, and Other Clouds Using RcloneView

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Tayson
Senior Engineer

Yandex Disk is one of the most popular cloud storage services in Russia and CIS countries. But if you also use Google Drive, OneDrive, or S3, managing files across platforms is a hassle. RcloneView connects them all.

Yandex Disk offers 10 GB of free storage (expandable to 20 GB+), solid integration with Yandex's ecosystem, and reliable performance in the CIS region. Many users rely on it as their primary storage while also using international providers for work or collaboration. RcloneView lets you manage Yandex Disk alongside 70+ other cloud providers in one interface.

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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
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Free core features. Plus automations available.

Why Sync Yandex Disk with Other Clouds?

  • Work + personal split — Personal files on Yandex Disk, work files on Google Drive or OneDrive.
  • Backup redundancy — Don't keep all files on one provider.
  • Migration — Moving to or from Yandex Disk to another platform.
  • Regional access — Yandex is fast in Russia; other providers are faster elsewhere.
  • Collaboration — Share files with international colleagues via Google Drive or Dropbox.

Setting Up Yandex Disk in RcloneView

Add Yandex Disk as a remote

  1. Open RcloneView and click Add Remote.
  2. Select Yandex Disk as the type.
  3. Authorize via OAuth — a browser window opens for login.
Add Yandex Disk remote

Once connected, browse your Yandex Disk files in the two-pane explorer.

Common Workflows

Yandex Disk → Google Drive

Sync personal files from Yandex to Google Drive for international access:

Transfer from Yandex Disk to Google Drive

Yandex Disk → S3 (backup)

Create an independent backup on AWS S3 or Backblaze B2:

Backup Yandex Disk to S3

Google Drive → Yandex Disk

Copy work files from Google Drive to Yandex Disk for faster local access in Russia.

Encrypted Yandex backup

Use a crypt remote for zero-knowledge encrypted backup of sensitive Yandex Disk files to another provider.

Schedule Automated Syncs

Keep your clouds in sync automatically:

Schedule Yandex Disk sync

Verify Transfers

Compare Yandex Disk with your backup destination:

Compare Yandex Disk with backup

Getting Started

  1. Download RcloneView from rcloneview.com.
  2. Add Yandex Disk alongside your other cloud accounts.
  3. Sync, backup, or migrate between any cloud combination.
  4. Schedule automated jobs for hands-off operation.

Your files deserve to live wherever you need them.


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Supported Cloud Providers

Local Files
WebDAV
FTP
SFTP
HTTP
SMB / CIFS
Google Drive
Google Photos
Google Cloud Storage
OneDrive
Dropbox
Box
MS Azure Blob
MS File Storage
S3 Compatible
Amazon S3
pCloud
Wasabi
Mega
Backblaze B2
Cloudflare R2
Alibaba OSS
Ceph
Swift (OpenStack)
IBM Cloud Object Storage
Oracle Cloud Object Storage
IDrive e2
MinIO
Storj
DigitalOcean Spaces