How to download a Google Doc on your computer The steps below will help you download a Google Doc on a computer running a Windows, MacOS, or ChromeOS operating system.

How to download your Google Docs documents Downloading a Google Doc document lets you open it in desktop word processors (for example, Microsoft Word) and transfer it to physical storage mediums.

Download the file as an HTML document The simplest and most effective way to extract embedded images from Google Docs is to save the document as an HTML file.