Access, create, organize, and share your Creately files and workspaces right inside your Google Drive.

• Add Creately to Google Drive
• Create a new workspace in Google Drive
• Delete a workspace in Google Drive
• Share and Collaborate in Google Drive

Installing Creately for Google Drive

1. Sign in with your Google account - Which you’ve used to register with Creately
2. Visit Google Workspace Marketplace and search Creately
3. You can also get the app by clicking - Creately Diagrams
4. Click the “Install” button to proceed
5. In the next step, you can select the Google account you would like to proceed with
6. You will need to grant access to Creately to manage and view Google Drive files and folders. You can always see or remove access in your Google Account

Installing Creately for Google Drive

Creating a new Workspace from Google Drive

New workspace

1. From Drive, select New > More > Creately Workspace, and a new workspace will be opened in the Creately editor.

2. Name the workspace
3. Start drawing your masterpiece
4. Changes will be automatically synced with Drive, including the workspace name and thumbnail. The synchronization will take up to 5 minutes to complete.

Create a workspace in Google Drive

Note: Renaming a workspace on Google Drive does not update the name on Creately. Therefore, you can only rename it by opening the workspace on Creately.

Deleting a workspace

You can delete a workspace by right-clicking on it. However, deleting a workspace on Google Drive will not remove it from Creately. You need to open the workspace on Creately and delete it if you need to.

Q: Where can I find my Creately workspaces created from Google Drive?
A: All your Google Drive workspaces will be saved under the Home folder by default.

Collaborating through Google Drive

The changes collaborators make to the workspace will automatically be saved in Creately and synced with Google Drive. To share a workspace,

1. Select the workspace you would like to share
2. Click share on the top toolbar or right-click on the workspace to select share
3. Enter names or email addresses in the share panel
4. Your collaborators will receive an email notification via Google Drive on the shared workspace
5. They can click on “Open” button in the email to view and open the workspace

Note: Collaborators you add via Google Drive will be added as an editor. You can’t add a collaborator with view/comment permission at the moment.