My Settings — Drive Connection (Team Member)

As a team member, connect your own Google Drive — your exports route through it instead of the owner's account.

What is it?

Team members (Editors and Viewers) can connect their own Google Drive in My Settings. When you export a draft to Drive, the file is created in your Drive — not the owner's. This is a security feature: the owner's Drive token never leaves the server, so each user uses their own credentials. Per-user folder links also persist on each draft, so different users see their own export folders.

When should I use it?

You're a team member and you want to export drafts to Drive (Word docs, content suites).
You haven't connected your Drive yet and the export action shows a "Connect Drive" prompt.
You're switching Google accounts and need to reconnect.

How to use it

Open My Settings from the sidebar.
Scroll to the Google Drive section.
Click Connect Google Drive.
Sign in with your Google account. Grant Drive permissions.
Done — exports from this user account will now upload to your Drive.

Tips and best practices

Use the same Google account you sign into NexusSEO with — simplest mental model.
If your client uses Shared Drive mode, your exports for that client land in the Shared Drive folder regardless of your personal Drive — Shared Drive overrides personal.
Coordinate with teammates on naming so per-user folders don't clutter shared spaces.

Gotchas and limits

You must connect your own Drive before you can export — there's no fallback to the owner's Drive for security reasons.
Drive permissions affect what you can do — if you grant only "view" scope, exports fail. Grant write permissions.
Disconnecting Drive doesn't delete the files you've already uploaded. They stay in your Drive.
If you sign out and back in with a different Google account, reconnect Drive to use the new account.