The Google Docs mobile app carries a nice feature that allows you to make files available offline, so if you lose connection to the internet, you can still access documents and edit them as before.

For view-only files like PDFs and images, you’ll find a ‘Download’ button in the upper right-hand side corner. For Google-compatible files like Docs, you’ll need to find ‘Download’ in ...

However, you can access Google Docs offline, letting you move your desk to a park, coffee shop or anywhere else you might want to work.

Google Docs prepares your files and folders for download, which can take several minutes if a lot of files are included. Save the ZIP file to your computer when prompted by your Web browser.

Google Docs has officially thrown open their data doors, allowing users to back up all their documents to whatever formats they choose and compressed into a ZIP file.

You can edit Google Docs, Google Sheets, and Google Slides offline, without an internet connection—here's how to do it on desktop and mobile.