Merge PDFs in Google Drive

Navigate to the folder in Google Drive where your PDFs are stored. Hold Ctrl (Windows) or Cmd (Mac) to select the files you want to merge. Click the Docs to PDF extension icon, switch to merge mode, arrange the files in the desired order, and click Merge. The extension downloads the combined PDF to your computer.

Standard PDF files stored in Drive can be merged. This includes PDFs you have uploaded, PDFs exported from Google Docs, and PDFs shared with you by others. Encrypted or password-protected PDFs cannot be merged without first removing the password protection.

The extension shows your selected PDFs in a reorderable list before merging. Drag files to set the order. Pages from the first file appear first, followed by pages from each subsequent file in sequence. Page content from each source PDF is preserved exactly as it appears in the original.

Merging large PDF files takes longer because each file needs to be processed. For files over 50MB each, expect a merge to take a few minutes. The extension processes files in the background, so you can continue using your browser while the merge runs.

Unlike web-based PDF merge tools, the Docs to PDF extension does not upload your files to a third-party service. Files are accessed through the Google Drive API using your existing credentials and the merged output downloads directly to your computer. For confidential PDFs, this is a significant advantage over tools that require file uploads.