How to Make a Direct Download Link for Google Drive Files

Right-click the file you want to download and click “Get link”. click the “Change to Anyone with the Link” option at the bottom of this window.

Your copied link should look something like the following:
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https://drive.google.com/file/d/18ig45WYW3uXhCU51SBnGBKwrSEET0wbV/view?usp=share_link
From this link, copy the text that’s between d/ and /view . This is the unique file ID for your Google Drive file.
Construct download page link. In the following link, replace FILEID with the unique file ID that you copied from above.
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https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=FILEID

Open the download page and open chrome developer tools find the actually download link.

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<div id="uc-text">

    <p class="uc-warning-caption">Google Drive can't scan this file for viruses.</p>

    <p class="uc-warning-subcaption"><span class="uc-name-size"><a href="/open?id=18ig45WYW3uXhCU51SBnGBKwrSEET0wbV&amp;authuser=0">Copy of OS X 10.11 El Capitan Retail by TechReviews.rar</a> (6.8G)</span> is too large for Google to scan for viruses. Would you still like to download this file?</p>

    <form id="download-form" action="https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&amp;id=18ig45WYW3uXhCU51SBnGBKwrSEET0wbV&amp;confirm=t&amp;uuid=bc5a83be-8133-4f25-9ca7-4d71acfd6612&amp;at=ANzk5s4I-Qc3RqjOaJRLhax7_HTr:1681308495608" method="post"><input type="submit" id="uc-download-link" class="goog-inline-block jfk-button jfk-button-action" value="Download anyway"></form>

</div>

Get the real direct download link

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https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&amp;id=18ig45WYW3uXhCU51SBnGBKwrSEET0wbV&amp;confirm=t&amp;uuid=bc5a83be-8133-4f25-9ca7-4d71acfd6612&amp;at=ANzk5s4I-Qc3RqjOaJRLhax7_HTr:1681308495608

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