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title: "Bulk duplicate Google Drive files using Google Apps Script"
author: "Phil Bainbridge"
date: 2023-06-20T14:25:39+00:00
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description: "Phil Bainbridge has recently contributed this little script solution which can help if you are looking for a way to duplicate a Drive file and give it a custom name: \"The following Google Apps Script tool is designed to take a single Google Drive file e.g. a Doc / Sheet / Slide and make duplicates/copies of it with unique file names. The tool will also create a clickable link within the Google Sheet to each new file copy.\""
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# Bulk duplicate Google Drive files using Google Apps Script

![Bulk duplicate Google Drive files using Google Apps Script](https://pulse.appsscript.info/files/2023/06/Bulk20duplicate20Google20Drive20files.png)

> The following Google Apps Script tool is designed to take a single Google Drive file e.g. a Doc / Sheet / Slide and make duplicates/copies of it with unique file names. The tool will also create a clickable link within the Google Sheet to each new file copy.
> [https://www.pbainbridge.co.uk/2023/06/bulk-duplicate-google-drive-files.html](https://www.pbainbridge.co.uk/2023/06/bulk-duplicate-google-drive-files.html)Screenshot of the tool for duplicating Drive files

Source: *[The Gift of Script: Bulk duplicate Google Drive files*](https://www.pbainbridge.co.uk/2023/06/bulk-duplicate-google-drive-files.html)

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*Published by [Phil Bainbridge](https://pulse.appsscript.info/p/author/phillipbainbridge/) on [Pulse](https://pulse.appsscript.info/). Original article: [https://pulse.appsscript.info/p/2023/06/bulk-duplicate-google-drive-files-using-google-apps-script/](https://pulse.appsscript.info/p/2023/06/bulk-duplicate-google-drive-files-using-google-apps-script/)*