Moving Folders from Personal Drive to a Shared Drive

Information

Google now allows users to move folders created in a personal drive to be moved to a Shared Drive. 

 

Environment

  • Google Drive

 

Process

  1. Select the folder you would like to move
  2. Select the Move button (arrow inside a folder icon) at the top of the page
  3. Select All locations
  4. Double-click Shared Drives
  5. Select the drive you would like to move it too
  6. Click Move

A couple reminders regarding shared drives:

  • Non-members of a shared drive could lose access to content moved into a shared drive.
  • Only members of the shared drive and people with whom the file is directly shared can access the file.
  • File permissions inherited from folders aren’t copied. 
  • If you move a child folder to a shared drive, permissions inherited from the parent folder won’t be copied over.
  • If you move a parent folder to a shared drive, the child folder will still inherit those permissions.
  • If the original owner of a file is in your organization but not a member of the shared drive, they lose ownership, but can still access the file.

For additional information, please reference the Google Support Page on moving files & folders to a shared drive. 

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