Claude
Claude for File Management: Drive, OneDrive, SharePoint, Dropbox
Claude manages files through connectors: Anthropic's own for Google Drive and for Microsoft 365 (OneDrive and SharePoint), and one Dropbox builds. Each searches and reads, and each can change files, one action at a time, usually asking first. None undoes a set of changes or reaches the other drives in the same request, and none saves the attachments and files that arrive by Gmail, Outlook or Slack. The Drive AI does, and reaches folders on a computer or NAS too.
At a glance
What Claude can do with your files
Cloud drives
| Google Drive | OneDrive | SharePoint | Dropbox | With The Drive AI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| What it can change | Create, rename, move, copy, share and trash, one file per action | Create folders, upload up to 1 MB, rename, move, copy, delete, once an admin enables writes | Create folders, upload up to 1 MB, rename, move within a library, copy, delete, once writes are on | Create text files and folders, move, copy, delete, shared links, file requests | Move, rename, copy, trash, create and edit, proposed as one change with a preview |
| Accounts | Personal Google and Workspace accounts | Work or school only; personal OneDrive not supported | Work or school only | The Dropbox account you sign in with | Personal and work Google Drive, OneDrive and Dropbox, plus SharePoint |
| Shared drives and sites | Not documented; moves reported failing | SharePoint through the same connector | Every site the person can open; cannot be limited | Folders your account can open | Shared drives and SharePoint libraries an admin adds, each person acting as themselves |
| Undo a batch | No | No | No | No | Yes, one request reverses the whole change |
| Admin approval | Team owners enable it; a Workspace admin may have to trust the app | Microsoft admin consent, once per organization | Microsoft admin consent, once per organization | Dropbox team admins can block it | Microsoft admin consent for SharePoint and work OneDrive, as for any outside app |
| Gmail | Outlook | With The Drive AI | |
|---|---|---|---|
| What it can do | Search, read, draft, send, reply, forward, labels, filters and trash | Search and read mail; send and draft once an admin enables writes, never with attachments | Does not read or send mail; a workflow handles every attachment that arrives |
| Accounts | One Google account at a time (reported) | Work or school only; personal Outlook.com not supported | Gmail and Outlook, including personal Outlook.com, more than one account of each |
| Attachments and files | Sees attachment names, not their contents; cannot save them anywhere | Cannot send or forward attachments, or save them to OneDrive | Each attachment saved, renamed from its contents and filed in the drive you choose |
| Filed for you | No | No | Yes, automatically, for every attachment from then on |
| Admin approval | Team owners enable it; a Workspace admin may have to trust Claude | Microsoft admin consent, once per organization | Connecting mail comes with Max or a Team plan; work Outlook may need admin consent |
Chat
| Slack | Microsoft Teams | With The Drive AI | |
|---|---|---|---|
| What it can do | Search and read channels, threads and DMs; post messages; canvases | Read chats, channels and transcripts; send messages, asking each time, once enabled | Does not read or post messages; a workflow handles every file shared |
| Accounts | Your Slack workspace, once a Slack admin approves | Work or school accounts only | Slack and Microsoft Teams, connected once |
| Attachments and files | Searches files but has no tool to download them | Attachments come back as names and links; channel files are read through SharePoint | Each shared file saved, renamed from its contents and filed in the drive you choose |
| Filed for you | No | No | Yes, automatically, for every shared file from then on |
| Admin approval | Slack admin approval; Claude Tag needs Team or Enterprise | Microsoft admin consent; Teams send tools are off by default | Connecting Slack or Teams comes with Max or a Team plan |
Your computer and NAS
| Local Files and NAS | With The Drive AI | |
|---|---|---|
| What it can change | Read, write, move and rename in folders you connect, one action at a time | Move and rename in place, as one change with a preview; files never leave the device |
| Where it works | Cowork on Mac and Windows while the app is open; Claude Code in a terminal | Mac and Windows through the desktop app, Linux and NAS through the Docker helper |
| NAS and network drives | Mapped drives and /Volumes mounts work as folders; raw network paths do not | Synology, QNAP and other NAS boxes through the helper, or a share the computer mounts |
| Undo a batch | No | Moves and renames, yes; files sent to the device trash are restored from the trash by hand |
| What has to be running | The Claude desktop app, open and online | The desktop app or NAS helper running; Max, Team or Business plan |
Each column is summarized from its page, where every claim is sourced. Checked 2026-10-16.
By platform
Setup, limits and fixes
Claude and Google Drive
How to connect Claude to Google Drive, what its connector can and cannot do since the August 2026 update, how to fix it, and how to add batch undo.
Claude and OneDrive
Connect Claude to OneDrive through Microsoft 365, why personal OneDrive accounts are not supported, how to fix admin approval errors, and how to add undo.
Claude and SharePoint
Connect Claude to SharePoint, what the Microsoft 365 connector can change, how to fix admin consent and write access errors, and how to archive in bulk.
Claude and Dropbox
Connect Claude to Dropbox, what Dropbox's own connector can do, why it may not be working, and how to clean up or move a whole Dropbox with undo.
Claude and Gmail
How to connect Claude to Gmail, why it cannot open or save attachments, how to fix the connector, and how to file every attachment automatically.
Claude and Outlook
How Claude works with Outlook through the Microsoft 365 connector and the Outlook add-in, what each does with attachments, fixes, and filing them automatically.
Claude and Slack
How Claude works with Slack through Slack's connector and Claude Tag, what each does with shared files, how to fix setup, and how to file shared files.
Claude and Local Files and NAS
How Claude works with files on your computer and NAS through Cowork, Claude Code and desktop extensions, the network drive limits, and organizing with undo.
Claude and Microsoft Teams
How Claude works with Microsoft Teams through the Microsoft 365 connector, whether there is a Claude app for Teams, fixes, and filing shared files.
One request for the whole drive.
Ask The Drive AI directly, or add it to Claude. Either way a large change comes back as a preview for you to confirm, and anything applied can be undone as a whole.