



You can’t move files or folders owned by external users, because that move would change ownership from their organization to your organization. External shared drives and content are excluded: You can move your users’ folders only to shared drives that your organization owns.Moving folders requires Manager access: You can move folders to a shared drive only if you’re a manager of the shared drive.If you can’t move a folder, you can either ask a Google Workspace admin to give you permission, or you can create a folder in the shared drive (if you’re a Contributor, Content manager, or Manager) and move files into the folder. Moving folders requires admin privileges: Only accounts with the required Google Workspace admin role can move folders into shared drives.If you configured an organizational unit or group, you might be able to Inherit or Override a parent organizational unit, or Unset a group. Check the Allow users to migrate files to shared drives box.Otherwise, select a child organizational unit or a configuration group. To apply the setting to everyone, leave the top organizational unit selected.In the Admin console, go to Menu Apps Google Workspace Drive and Docs. When Allow users to migrate files to shared drives is unchecked, only the owner of the file can move it to a shared drive to which they have the required access levels.Editors can move a file to a shared drive location to which they have Contributor, Content manager, or Manager access, (provided the owner is either suspended or a member of the shared drive).The owner of a file can move it to a shared drive location to which they have Contributor, Content manager, or Manager access.When Allow users to migrate files to shared drives is checked:.Because file ownership changes from the owner to the organization when a file is moved to a shared drive, this option controls who can change the ownership of a file. This setting controls who can move a file into a shared drive, either owners and editors or only the owner of a file. Allow file owners or editors to move files into shared drives Only admins can move folders, so if you want to let a specific set of users move folders into shared drives, you can assign them a limited admin role. You can also move folders into shared drives, provided you have view access for the folder and you are a manager of the shared drive.

Compare your editionĪs an administrator, you can let file owners and editors move files from My Drive to shared drives in Google Drive. Supported editions for this feature: Business Standard and Business Plus Enterprise Education Fundamentals, Education Standard, Teaching and Learning Upgrade, and Education Plus Nonprofits G Suite Business Essentials.
