Sharing and Moving Files in Google Drive

Share folders in Google Drive

Here’s what people can do with folders after you share it with them:

  • Can organize, add, & edit : If they're signed into a Google account, people can open, edit, delete, or move any files within the folder. People can also add files to the folder.
  • Can view only : People can see the folder and they can open all files within the folder.

More about folder sharing:

  • If you share or unshare folders with a lot of files or subfolders, it might take time before all permissions change. If you change a lot of edit or view permissions at once, it might take time before you see the changes.

Tip: In the meantime, to provide folder access for new collaborators, use the Sharing URL of a file nested deeply inside the folder.

  • Storage is counted against the person who uploaded the file, not the owner of the folder.
  • When you manage large folder structures, child and parent folder permissions can be different. You can override inherited permissions of child folders to be different than the parent folder. You can also remove parent permissions from a child folder.

See the two documents below for more specific walkthroughs.
You can also visit Google Support for more information.
https://support.google.com/drive/answer/7166529?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop

Share a Google Drive Folder.pdf 148 KB

Moving A File Into A Folder Shared By Someone Else.pdf 81.9 KB