Connectors
Connect your Google Drive to Pockett and start monitoring your documents for security risks, sharing patterns, and compliance issues.
What are Connectors?
Connectors allow Pockett to securely access your Google Drive and provide insights into your documents. Each connector represents a connection to a specific Google account.
✓ What Connectors Enable:
- View all your Google Drive documents
- Monitor file sharing and permissions
- Track document activity and changes
- Identify security risks and compliance issues
🔒 Security & Privacy:
- Secure authentication with Google
- Secure connection to your Drive
- No data stored on our servers
- Revoke access anytime
Connecting Google Drive
Connect your Google Drive account in just a few clicks.
How to connect:
- Navigate to the Connectors page from the dashboard
- Click "Connect Google Drive"
- You'll be redirected to Google's secure login page
- Select the Google account you want to connect
- Review the permissions Pockett is requesting
- Click "Allow" to grant access
- You'll be redirected back to Pockett with your Drive connected
Multiple Accounts
You can connect multiple Google Drive accounts to the same Pockett organization. This is useful if you manage documents across multiple Google accounts.
Permissions Required
Pockett requests specific permissions to provide you with comprehensive insights.
What Pockett can access:
- View files and folders: Access to see your documents
- View file details: Access to creation dates, modification dates, and sharing settings
- View sharing permissions: See who has access to your files
- View activity: Track changes and version history
- View user information: Identify who made changes
What Pockett CANNOT Do
Pockett cannot:
- Delete files
- Share files on your behalf
Connector Status
Each connector has a status that indicates its current state.
Active
Connector is working properly and syncing data
Warning
Connector needs attention (e.g., permissions revoked)
Syncing
Connector is currently fetching data from Google Drive
Managing Connectors
You can manage your connected Google Drive accounts from the Connectors page.
Available actions:
- Reconnect: If permissions are revoked, reconnect to restore access
- Refresh: Manually trigger a sync to fetch latest data
- Disconnect: Remove the connector and stop syncing data
- View details: See connector status, last sync time, and account info
Automatic Syncing
Pockett automatically syncs your Google Drive data periodically. You don't need to manually refresh unless you want to see the latest changes immediately.
Troubleshooting
Connector shows "Warning" status?
This usually means permissions were revoked. Click "Reconnect" to re-authorize Pockett.
Not seeing all my files?
Ensure the connector has finished its initial sync. Large Google Drives may take some time to fully sync.
Activity shows "User" instead of names?
You'll need to reconnect your Google Drive to enable this feature. See the Document Actions documentation for details.
How do I revoke access?
Click "Disconnect" on the connector, or visit Google Account Permissions to revoke access directly from Google.