

What to Do: Switch to Google Drive for Desktop Instead, Google has officially discontinued this much-revered service. Since the final release note of Back up and Sync, people now know it's not an error.

Some users even reported that they lost some data because of it. People haven't taken the "Backup and Sync is no longer available" option very lightly. But, as everyone knows, Google likes to have its name on its branded programs. Therefore, instead of it being a takeover, it's more of a takeback for Google Drive. Back in 2018, Backup and Sync was the very program that replaced Google Drive back. But, this isn't the first time it has happened. While a majority of the users are treating it as the absence of Backup and Sync, Google wants users to know it's more like an addition of a new and more dependable program. While others indicated they wanted a new or alternate option: With a bunch of YouTube users telling exactly how they felt about this change, with this one particular user speaking for many: Needless to say, people started going on the internet to look for answers. After 1st October 2021, it stopped working for users around the globe. While Google had a nice way of putting it by saying, "Backup and Sync and Drive File Stream Have been unified into Drive for desktop,” a lot of people didn't take it lightly. Yes, Backup and Sync are discontinued by Google. So, are there better alternative now that Backup and Sync is no longer available? How do other storage providers hold up? Let's try to find out other viable ways. This unification isn't really welcomed by many people, as people opted for ease over a unified tool. In other words, what were once two different programs, are now combined into one.

That's when Google decided it was time to retire Backup and Sync and replace it with the desktop version of Google Drive. The error of "Backup and Sync is no longer available" started rolling out after 1st October 2021.
