How to convert multiple Word documents to Google Docs

Tired of manually converting each Microsoft Word document to Google Docs? Luckily, Google Drive has a built-in option to convert multiple documents at once, and it's not complicated at all.

Enable the feature to convert Word documents to Google Docs format

In Google Drive, there is an option called “ Convert uploaded files to Google Docs editor format ”, which allows you to convert all the files you upload to the Google Docs editor format. In other words, this option will convert your Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files to Google’s Docs, Sheets, and Slides formats respectively. OpenOffice formats are also supported, but Apple’s iWork format is not.

Note that this only converts files that you upload to Drive after enabling the “Convert uploaded files to Google Docs editor format” option. For files that have already been uploaded to Drive, you’ll need to re-download them to your computer and start the conversion process from scratch.

To get started, launch any browser on your PC and go to your Google Drive account. In Google Drive, click the gear icon in the top right of the screen and select “ Settings .”

In the Settings window, enable the “ Convert uploaded files to Google Docs editor format ” option. Then, at the top right of the window, click “ Done ”.

Next, in the Google Drive sidebar menu, click “ New .” Then, select “ File Upload ” and upload all the Word (or other Office) files you want to convert.

Google will automatically convert your uploaded files to the corresponding Google formats.

In case you don't want to automatically convert your files anymore, go back to the above steps, uncheck the “ Convert uploaded files to Google Docs editor format ” option and click “ Done ”.