# Dvc add remote. error. Cached output(s) outside of DVC project: **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions\ **Created:** [January 12, 2024, 9:23am UTC](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/dvc-add-remote-error-cached-output-s-outside-of-dvc-project/1921 "2024-01-12T09:23:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AntonTroitskii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@AntonTroitskii](https://discuss.dvc.org/u/AntonTroitskii)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 9:23am UTC](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/dvc-add-remote-error-cached-output-s-outside-of-dvc-project/1921/1 "2024-01-12T09:23:57Z")
Hi everyone, I am a beginner in remote storage. And I am trying to do what descibe here: [https://dvc.org/doc/user-guide/data-management/remote-storage/google-drive](https://dvc.org/doc/user-guide/data-management/remote-storage/google-drive) $ dvc add remote myrmote gdrive://1XYYwhoXprp3ro-DMcrFHuk5-rNaY3f6x ERROR: Cached output(s) outside of DVC project: gdrive://1XYYwhoXprp3ro-DMcrFHuk5-rNaY3f6x. See [https://dvc.org/doc/user-guide/data-management/importing-external-data](https://dvc.org/doc/user-guide/data-management/importing-external-data) for more info. ---
**Author:** ![pmrowla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ab992/32.png) [@pmrowla](https://discuss.dvc.org/u/pmrowla)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 10:41am UTC](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/dvc-add-remote-error-cached-output-s-outside-of-dvc-project/1921/2 "2024-01-12T10:41:14Z")
The command you are looking for is ```shell dvc remote add ``` (and not `dvc add remote`) The error you are getting is because DVC thinks you are trying to `dvc add` files named `remote`, `myremote`, and `gdrive://...` ---
**Author:** ![AntonTroitskii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@AntonTroitskii](https://discuss.dvc.org/u/AntonTroitskii)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 11:35am UTC](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/dvc-add-remote-error-cached-output-s-outside-of-dvc-project/1921/3 "2024-01-12T11:35:56Z")
Thank you, my bad 😓