# Collect will stop connecting to Google Drive/Sheets in Fall 2023 **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Tags:** breaking-change\ **Created:** [January 9, 2023, 5:36pm UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/collect-will-stop-connecting-to-google-drive-sheets-in-fall-2023/40097 "2023-01-09T17:36:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 12
**Author:** ![yanokwa](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.getodk.org/yanokwa/32/1695_2.png) [@yanokwa](https://forum.getodk.org/u/yanokwa)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2024, 6:31pm UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/collect-will-stop-connecting-to-google-drive-sheets-in-fall-2023/40097/12 "2024-02-28T18:31:15Z")
Over the past few years, Google has made policy changes that limited how apps can integrate with Drive/Sheets with the goal of improving user safety and security. We were hopeful a change wouldn’t affect the Google Drive/Sheets integration immediately but the risk of something like this happening was one of the reasons why we opted to deprecate the integration a year ago. On February 21st, we received a notice from Google with a policy change affecting the usage of Google Drive/Sheets in older versions of ODK Collect. Collect will require a review to ensure it meets new policy requirements. **What’s happening now?** We have until May 21st (90 days) to pass this review. Our goal is to pass the review, but it is **unlikely** because as far as we understand, Google no longer allows the methods Collect used to access Google Drive/Sheets folders. **If we fail review, old versions of Collect will stop being able to connect to Google Drive**. **What do you need to do?** If you are still counting on older versions of Collect to connect to Google Drive/Sheets, we recommend starting to plan for an alternative now. If this review fails, the only way to get Google Drive/Sheets functionality will be to fork an old Collect version, use your own pre-release OAuth token that does not require review (limited to 100 users), and distribute your own Collect APKs. We will share updates as soon as we get them. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.getodk.org/t/collect-will-stop-connecting-to-google-drive-sheets-in-fall-2023/40097)._