Google Docs was developed to compete with Microsoft Office online. I myself prefer Google Docs as my word processor because my primary email is on Gmail. And with a Google Account, it is single sign-on. I know that Live account also has single sign-on, but Google is faster than Live, IMHO. I have been using Google Docs for a while now, and I have plenty of documents there.
Some of the documents are no longer needed, and some are important. But before I delete all the unimportant documents, the first thing to do is back up all the documents to avoid accidentally deleting important ones. You can download all your Google Docs and store them on your local drive at once.
Follow the steps below to download all your Google Docs:
- First log in to your Google Docs.
- Select all the documents or just the documents you want to back up.
- Press More Actions > Export.
- Choose how you want to download each kind of file. You can convert your file before downloading it.
- Press Download. It takes time to convert and compress all the files to a zip file, and the download process will begin shortly.
- Keep your backup documents safe on your local drive.