Connect with the narrow permission.
One click authorizes Findest with the drive.file scope. It only ever sees the folders you pick in Google's own picker or create for your attachments, never the rest of your personal or company Drive.
Integration
Findest for Google Drive, Shared Drives included.
Connect your mailbox and Findest reads every matching attachment, names it, and saves it into the exact Drive folder you'd have picked yourself. No downloading, renaming or dragging.
Privacy by design: drive.file, only the folders you pick
- Permission
drive.fileNot a restricted scope: no audit, no “unverified app” warning.- What it sees
- Only your foldersThe ones you pick in Google's own picker, plus the files it writes.
- Shared Drives
- SupportedThey appear in the picker next to My Drive.
- Revoke
- One clickFrom Connections in Findest, or from your Google Account.
How it lands in Drive
Set up once. Then nothing.
Every rule picks its Drive folder.
Point a rule at a folder once, in My Drive or a Shared Drive. Change your mind later and repoint it in seconds; nothing already filed moves.
Each match lands renamed.
A matching attachment is read, renamed Type_Sender_Date and uploaded into that folder, usually within five minutes of arriving. The History links straight to the file in Drive.
Which Drive permission we ask for
Google offers two Drive permissions. We take the narrow one.
It's the question people ask most before connecting, so here is the honest comparison rather than a reassuring sentence.
drive
The full scope. An app holding it can read every file in your Drive, whether or not it has anything to do with the app.
Google classes it as restricted: a paid third-party security audit, repeated every year, and an “unverified app” warning on the consent screen until it passes.
drive.file
Findest only ever gets the folders you pick yourself in Google's own picker, plus the files it writes into them. The rest of your Drive stays invisible to it, including the files that were already in the folder you picked.
Not a restricted scope, so there is no audit and nothing to wait for. Revoke it in one click from your Google Account.
Does it work with Shared Drives, not just My Drive?
Yes. If your Google account belongs to a Shared Drive, it shows up in Google's folder picker, alongside My Drive, and any rule can point to it.
Do I have to give Findest access to my whole Drive?
No. Findest uses the drive.file scope, so it only ever gets the folders you pick yourself in Google's picker and the files it writes into them. The rest of your Drive is invisible to it. See the Security page for the full picture.
Can I file into a Shared Drive, not just My Drive?
Yes. Any Shared Drive your Workspace account belongs to shows up in Google's folder picker alongside My Drive, and a rule can target either.
What happens if I disconnect Google Drive later?
Existing files stay exactly where they are in your Drive. Findest just stops uploading new ones until you reconnect.