2 Direct Ways - How to Save a Webpage as a PDF to Google Drive

• User Case
• Benefits of Saving a Webpage as a PDF to Google Drive
• Save Web Page Directly into Google Drive as PDF via MultCloud [One Click]
• Copy a Web Page to Google Drive as PDF via Save to Google Drive Extension
• Why Choose MultCloud Extension Over Save to Google Drive?
• Conclusion
• FAQs

User Case

This post will offer 2 ways to save a webpage as a PDF to Google Drive. One is using the Print + Save to Google Drive features mentioned in the upper case and another is an advanced Chrome extension MultCloud Save Webpage as PDF that only requires one click to save a webpage to Google Drive. You can learn more details in the following sections.

Benefits of Saving a Webpage as a PDF to Google Drive

Google Drive is a cloud-based storage platform by Google that allows users to store, access, and collaborate on files from anywhere with an internet connection. Saving a webpage as a PDF to Google Drive offers several benefits:

Save Web Page Directly into Google Drive as PDF via MultCloud [One Click]

If you find the Save to Google Drive extension does not work but you want to save a Chrome webpage as a PDF to Google Drive, MultCloud Save Webpage as PDF can do you a favor. It is also a Chrome extension which is designed to download the webpage to the local or save it to the cloud as a PDF.

Although Save Webpage as PDF works in a similar way as the Save to Google Drive extension, it has other advantages.

You can take the simple steps on how to save a webpage as PDF to Google Drive as a reference.

Step 1: Add the “Save Webpage as PDF” extension to Chrome.

Step 2: Open the extension and click “Sign up” to register for a MultCloud account.

Step 3: Navigate to the “Setting” page and click on the “Add Cloud” button under “Save Webpage to Cloud”.

Step 4: When you enter the MultCloud website, select “Add Cloud” and the Google Drive icon to add Google Drive to MultCloud.

Step 5: Go to the desired webpage and open the extension again. Then, tap “Convert”, choose “Save to Cloud”, and select Google Drive as the destination. Afterwards, you can open “Task” and click the folder-shaped icon to check if the webpage is saved to your Google Drive.

Bonus Tip: Can You Save a Website to Google Drive?

If you want to save a website to Google Drive, you can consider using another MultCloud function - Remote Upload. It is a tool that can directly save links, torrents, and magnets to the cloud like Google Drive.

Step 1: Register for a MultCloud account and add Google Drive to MultCloud.

Step 2: Open Google Drive by clicking its icon in the left sidebar and click Upload > Remote Upload in the upper bar.

Step 3: Enter the website URL in the box and click "Save to Cloud" and then you can monitor the uploading process on the Remote Upload page.

Copy a Web Page to Google Drive as PDF via Save to Google Drive Extension

Apart from the MultCloud extension, you can also try the official Google extension, Save to Google Drive, if you don’t have a requirement to save a webpage as a PDF to other clouds except for Google Drive. It can be found in the Print settings after adding “Save to Google Drive” to Chrome. Let’s see how to use this extension.

Step 1: Go to Chrome and open your desired webpage.

Step 2: Press Ctrl + P to call up the Print Setting menu.

Step 3: Choose “Save to Google Drive” beside “Destination” and finish other settings. Then, click “OK” to start transferring.

Why Choose MultCloud Extension Over Save to Google Drive?

If you are not determined to choose the MultCloud extension or the Google extension, you can refer to some reasons sourcing from the Save to Google Drive comments.

Stability: According to some Save to Google Drive users, it sometimes breaks down and only converts the webpage as a PNG file instead of a PDF. However, the MultCloud extension can stably convert a webpage into a PDF. If you want, you can also use it to convert a webpage as PNG.

Multiple Destination: Some users are used to keeping the PDF of the webpage on their local drive or other clouds like OneDrive. When they use Save to Google Drive, they have to download the PDF from Google Drive. However, the MultCloud Extension supports directly downloading the webpage as a PDF or saving it to OneDrive.

Selective Destination Folder: Save to Google Drive only saves the converted webpage to the default folder in Google Drive. However, MultCloud allows you to choose any folder you like in Google Drive as the transfer destination.

Conclusion

From the above comparison, you must know which way is the most suitable one for you on how to save a webpage as a PDF to Google Drive. Whether the MultCloud “Save Webpage as PDF” or the Google “Save to Google Drive, both of them can help you handle your task smoothly.

Furthermore, if you are in favor of the MultCloud extension, you can also use other functions on MultCloud for cloud-to-cloud transfer, sync, backup, and email-to-cloud migration. It won’t let you down.

FAQs

How to save files on Google Drive?

You can download the desired files and then upload them to Google Drive on its web. Or, if you want to save files from another cloud drive like Dropbox to Google Drive, you can use MultCloud Cloud Transfer to create a direct and automatic transfer task.

How to upload files to Google Drive from laptop?

Open the Google Drive website and click the “+ New” button in the upper-left corner. Then, you can choose to upload folders or files to Google Drive. Besides, MultCloud also supports uploading files to clouds on its web.

How to copy URL to Google Drive?

You can use the MultCloud Remote Upload. With this function, you can copy the URL, paste it into the Remote Upload box, and choose Google Drive as the destination. Afterwards, this URL will be saved to your Google Drive.