Google Drive

Google Drive uses a one-time sign-in - there are no keys to create.

1. Set up the storage

Nothing to prepare in advance. You only need your Google account.

2. Connect it in Nyx Backup

1. New backup set > destination Google Drive.
2. Choose Sign in with Google and approve access.
3. Save the set.

Nyx Backup requests access only to its own app folder, not your whole Drive, and stores just the access token - never your Google password.

Once Test connection succeeds, set a schedule and retention, save the set, and choose Run now. Nyx Backup encrypts everything on your machine before upload, so this destination only ever holds encrypted blobs. Give each machine its own bucket or folder - see Connecting storage.

Tip: because access is limited to the app folder, Nyx Backup can only see what it wrote - it cannot read the rest of your Drive.

Backups won’t sync to your other computers

Nothing to do here - unlike Dropbox or OneDrive, Google Drive needs no exclusion. Nyx Backup stores its data in Google Drive’s hidden application data folder (appDataFolder), a special area that does not appear in My Drive and is not synced by Google Drive for desktop. So the encrypted backup packs never download onto your computers and never clutter your Drive - there is no folder to unsync. This makes Google Drive one of the lowest-hassle destinations.