Reports of outages for Google Drive, Google Docs, and Google Sheets began emerging on Downdetector just after noon EST on Wednesday (November 12). By 1 p.m., over 2,800 users had reported issues with Google Drive alone, while hundreds more reported problems with Google search, Google Sheets, and Google Docs.

Google confirms access issues

Google acknowledged the problems, stating it was “investigating access issues” impacting Google Drive, Sheets, and Docs. The Google Workspace status dashboard confirmed there is currently no workaround available for affected users.

Users described widespread disruptions on social media and forums:

“I’ve tried reloading Google Docs and Google Drive many times but it still doesn’t work for me.”

“Google Docs and Sheets are still offline. Can't access or

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