Moving Files and Folders from Individual Storage to Shared Storage

Moving files or folders to shared storage within Box or Google Drive is especially useful if you're moving to another department or leaving the University and want to transfer ownership to other colleagues. Shared storage files belong to a "team" instead of an individual so remaining team members can continue to collaborate and share information.

Box: Moving Data from a Personal Workspace Folder to a Shared Folder

Google: Moving Data from My Drive to a Shared Drive
 

Box: Moving Data from a Personal Workspace Folder to a Shared Folder

1. Open your Box account.
    
2. Open your personal workspace folder (e.g. rflyer1 workspace).
    
3. Right-click on a file or folder and click Move or Copy.
    
4. Click on the All Files link.
    
5. Choose an an appropriate departmental shared folder or click on the folder name to access a subfolder.
    
6. Click the selection circle to the right of the folder name.
    
7. Click Move. Box moves the file or folder to the selected destination folder.
    
8. Repeat these steps for additional files and folders.
    

Google: Moving Data from My Drive to a Shared Drive

1. Access your Google My Drive and locate the file or folder you want to move.

2. Select the file or folder you want to move.

3. Click the Move icon.
   
   
   Alternate method: Right click on a file, click Organize then click Move.
    

4. Click the All locations link and then click Shared drives.

5. Click on the on View shared drives icon.
   
   

6. Navigate to the shared drive and folder where you want to move the file / folder and click Move.

7. A confirmation dialog window appears. Click Move to confirm the move of your file / folder.