How to Host Images using Google Drive – Free image hosting

How to Host Images using Google Drive – Free image hosting

Last Updated: 2026-09-26By

 

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Google Drive is a great hosting service because it is widely available and free. We’re going to use Google Drive to create a public image URL to this image

You can host images using Google Drive by following these steps:

  1. Upload the Image to Google Drive:
  • Open Google Drive in your web browser (drive.google.com).
  • Click the “+ New” button on the left-hand side and select “File upload” or simply drag and drop your image files into Google Drive.
  • Wait for the upload to complete.

  • Share the Image:
    • Right-click on the image file you’ve uploaded.
    • Select “Share” from the context menu.

  • Change Sharing Settings:
    • In the sharing settings window, click on the “Change” link next to the sharing settings. It’s usually set to “Restricted” or “Only specific people can access.”

  • Change to “Anyone with the Link”:
    • Click the dropdown menu and select “Anyone with the link.”
    • Then, click on the “Copy link” button to copy the shareable link to your clipboard.

  • Get the Direct Image Link:
    • By default, the link you copied is a link to a Google Drive viewer page, not the direct image link. To get the direct image link, you need to modify the URL.
    • Like : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lD76TcHP3p2yLCp6gzGqnB3meoDHKpuK/view?usp=sharing

  • The structure of the link above is:
    • https://drive.google.com/file/d/{UNIQUE_ID}/view?usp=sharing
    • The unique ID of our image is:
    • Just replace {UNIQUE_ID} with the unique ID of our image.

    And that’s it! If you visit that link, you should see your image being served by Google Drive.

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