How to Save Google Docs Document as PDF File

Here’s how you can save a Google Docs document as a PDF file.

• Open the Google Docs document you want to save as PDF.
• On the File menu, select the Download option and then the PDF Document option.

Alternatively, you can click on the printer icon in the Google Docs toolbar, select Microsoft Print to PDF or Save as PDF as the Destination choice, and click on the Print / Save button.

• Choose a location on your local storage where you want to save the PDF document to and click on the Save button.

Unfortunately, you can’t save a Google Docs file as PDF directly to Google Drive cloud storage. If you want to have your new PDF file on Google Drive, you can save it to a local folder on your computer that is automatically synced with Google Drive (for example, Google Drive (G:) folder as shown on the image above). To do that, you have to have Google Drive app installed on your computer and turn on auto sync in the app. Or, you can manually upload the PDF file to Google Drive.

Note: This guide is done on a Windows 11 laptop, but the process is the same or very similar on MacBooks and Chromebooks.

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