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Swap out the identifier in https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1Ab2Cd3Ef4Gh5Ij6Kl7Mn8Op9Qr0StUvW with a custom string and stick &confirm=t to skip the virus-scan page; this tiny tweak turns any shareable address into a instant download. Mass-convert hundreds of addresses in under 60 seconds: drop the spreadsheet column into ="https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=" & MID(A1,34,33), extend the formula down, then dump values–no quotas, no caps, no auth. Hot-link protection is inactive by default, so slot the rewritten URL in , CSS background:url(), or Markdown image tags; the file pipes at full bandwidth and does not trigger the viewer overlay that pushes users to press "Download". Convert a Google Drive Shareable URL to a Direct Download Link in 30 Seconds Switch /file/d/ with /uc?id= and trim everything after the file ID. Starting shareable address: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aB2cD3eF4gH5iJ6kL7mN8oP9qR0sT1uV/view?usp=sharing Instant-download address: https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1aB2cD3eF4gH5iJ6kL7mN8oP9qR0sT1uV Stick &export=download to skip the virus-scan page: https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1aB2cD3eF4gH5iJ6kL7mN8oP9qR0sT1uV&export=download Bulk-flip dozens at once: dump the shareable strings into any text editor, run a regex find/replace pattern https://drive\.google\.com/file/d/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/.* → https://drive.google.com/uc?id=$1&export=download. Works in VS Code. File larger than 100 MB? Stick &confirm=t to mute the oversized warning. Copy the finished string into an tag or a QR encoder; no sign-in required for the recipient. Bypass Google Drive Viewer: Force Files to Download Straight to Disk Swap /view or /edit in the shareable URL with /uc?export=download and strip every parameter after the file ID. The resulting string looks like: https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1AbC2dEfG3hIjKl4MnOpQrStUvWxYz5aB Feed it into any browser or wget/curl statement; the binary pipes immediately without the preview page.

Large items (> 100 MB) trigger a virus-scan wall. Tack &confirm=t to skip the prompt: https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&confirm=t&id=1AbC2dEfG3hIjKl4MnOpQrStUvWxYz5aB Directories cannot be fetched this way; process each file ID separately. Mass operations: list every ID in a text file and run while IFS= read -r id; do wget -O "$id.bin" "https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&confirm=t&id=$id"; done out.push([ file.fetchTitle(), 'https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=' + item.fetchIdent() ])); f.getFolders().forEach(sub => crawl(sub))

crawl(folder); return ContentService.createTextOutput(JSON.stringify(out)).setMimeType(ContentService.MimeType.JSON);

Quota watch: the Colab route burns ~2 % of your daily UrlFetch calls per 1 000 files; Apps Script uses 1 query per file–stay under 20 000 by chunking folder lists into 1 000-row pages with pageToken.

URL fragment that breaks Stable fragment

…/file/d/1a2B…/view?usp=sharing …/uc?id=1a2B…&export=download

…/open?id=1a2B… …/uc?id=1a2B…&export=download

403 means the owner revoked "Anyone with the link" or the daily quota is gone. Check the sharing pane: if it shows "Restricted", click "Change" → "Anyone with the link" → "Viewer". Quotas reset at 00:00 Pacific; until then move the google Drive file Direct link in another folder or on another account.

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Close the five-minute window by issuing a micro-quest: ask for a tip—playlist—and schedule a 48-hour follow-up to share results. Quest-based reciprocity fires the ventral striatum; subjects in a 2023 University of Zurich trial ID’d the giver’s face with 89 % accuracy after 30 days versus 31 % for passive contacts.