Automate Daily Workflow Backups to Google Drive

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Built by Panth1823 Panth1823
Created on June 12, 2026

Description

Daily n8n Workflow Backup
Automatically backs up all workflows to Google Drive daily.

How it works
Triggers daily at 11 PM (or manually on demand)
Creates a timestamped backup folder in Google Drive
Fetches all workflows from your n8n instance
Converts each workflow to a JSON file
Uploads files to the backup folder
Automatically deletes old backup folders to save storage

Setup steps
Ensure your n8n instance has API access enabled
Connect your Google Drive account (OAuth2)
Create a Google Drive folder for backups and copy its Folder ID
Important: Open the 'Cleanup Old Backups' node and paste that Folder ID into the code

Nodes Used (2)

Code
n8n-nodes-base.code
Google Drive
n8n-nodes-base.googleDrive