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Google Drive Artifacts - Explained

Test Environment conducted on Google Drive version 1.6.3837.2778 application running on Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 x64.

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December 16, 2012

Google Drive Artifacts - Explained

Google Drive Cloud Artifacts Forensics by BitForensics


Google Drive
Google Drive is a free cloud-based file storage & synchronization service provided by Google Inc. (Paid service offers more storage and functionality)

Users can choose to download and install the Google Drive application onto their machines in order to upload & shares files with each other.

Google Docs is incorporated into Google Drive that offers web-based office suites applications such as Word document that allows users to create and edit documents online while collaborating in real-time with other users.


Test Environment
Google Drive version 1.6.3837.2778 application running on Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 x64

Default Installation Path
C\Program Files\Google\Drive                                  

Default Sync Folder
C\Users\<username>\Google Drive      

Default Database Path  
C\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Google\Drive

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