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Transfer Ownership of Files and Folders in Google Drive

Environment

U-M Google, Drive, shared drives

Issue

How do I transfer ownership of files/folders I own in Google Drive to another individual at the university or to a Google shared drive?

Resolution

Note: Ownership of Google Drive files/folders can not be transferred between U-M Google accounts (i.e., @umich.edu) and personal Google accounts (i.e., @gmail.com).

Refer to Transfer Ownership of Files and Folders in Google Drive for more information.

Remember: Ownership is not cascading in Google. If you only transfer ownership of a folder that contains other files/folders, the ownership of all files/folders within that folder does not change. You will need to transfer ownership of every file and folder within the folder structure.

Additional Information

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Details

Article ID: 1125
Created
Mon 4/20/20 8:39 AM
Modified
Wed 5/24/23 4:06 PM

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