Moving Files and Folders from My Drive to a Shared Drive

You can move files and folders containing files from My Drive to Shared Drives with the directions below. Moving files or folders to a Shared Drive is especially useful if you're moving to another department or leaving the University and want to transfer ownership to other colleagues.

  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.

  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.

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Article ID: 81021
Created
Mon 6/17/19 2:02 PM
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Fri 4/19/24 3:51 PM