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Back Up n8n Workflows to Google Drive

Save n8n workflows as JSON in a fresh Drive folder and clean up older items in a dedicated parent folder.

Setup

Create a dedicated Google Drive parent folder used only for these backups. Cleanup permanently deletes matching old backup folders. Use a parent folder dedicated to these backups. Connect Google Drive and enter the parent folder ID in Prepare backup folder. Connect the n8n API with workflow read access. Configure the same dedicated parent folder and credentials in n8n. Enable one format and prevent overlapping runs.

Behavior

Every four hours or on manual execution, the workflow creates a new backup folder and saves each n8n workflow as a JSON file. After every upload succeeds, it lists up to the first 50 folders named with the prefix Workflow Backups in the parent folder and permanently deletes the returned old backup folders, keeping the new folder. More matching folders can remain outside that first page. Ordinary files and nonmatching folders are not deleted. If no workflows are returned, it leaves the new empty folder and does not delete anything. A later read or upload failure can leave a partial new folder; cleanup does not start. A later cleanup failure can leave some prior items already deleted.

A failed or uncertain create, upload or deletion may have succeeded. Inspect Drive before retrying. Open Flow reads and uploads one workflow at a time; a workflow that exceeds its per-node size limit fails before cleanup. Backup JSON can contain sensitive workflow data; restrict Drive access. Concurrent runs or external changes in the parent folder can cause data loss, so keep runs non-overlapping and the folder dedicated. Open Flow uses UTC minute boundaries; n8n uses a fixed second within the scheduled minute. n8n retains the source’s automatic retry for reading workflows; Open Flow does not add a read retry.

Inspiration & credits

Changes to the source

Replace the private Drive folder ID and set UTC and minute 00 explicitly; the source omitted its timezone and trigger minute. Keep the source search limit of 50 but restrict deletion to folders whose names begin with Workflow Backups ; the source searched all item types and could delete ordinary files.
Do not upload an empty placeholder or clean up if the workflow list is empty. Stop cleanup after unsuccessful uploads. n8n writes each workflow as an object instead of the source’s single-item JSON array.

Adapted from Back up n8n workflows to Google Drive in Zie619/n8n-workflows. The source export does not identify a separate template author or license.

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