Transfer or Move Google Drive Content

For easier collaboration, you can move files and folders from My Drive to a Shared Drive on a computer. By default, you can only move files and folders you own. Please note that you can only move a folder to a Shared Drive if you’re a manager of the Shared Drive.

Move a folder to a Shared Drive

To move files from Google My Drive to a Shared Drive, you can: 

1. Go to drive.google.com 
2. Select the files you want to move 
3. Right-click or Ctrl-click on the selected files 
4. Select Move to 
5. Click the left arrow icon to the left of My Drive 
6. Double-click on Team Drives 
7. Navigate to the drive and folder where you want to move the files 
8. Click the Move Here button 

You can also drag and drop files from My Drive to Shared Drives using the left sidebar. 

Here are some things to keep in mind when moving files to a Shared Drive: 

• The time it takes to move files depends on their size. 
• A message will appear confirming when the files were moved successfully. 
• If the original folder has collaborators, a message will appear warning that “Some people may lose access”. 
• When you drag files over from My Drive to a Share Drive, they will retain the editors, commenters, and viewers of the file (as Guests). They will also gain the managers, members, contributors, and viewers of the Share Drive (as Members).

Move an item to a folder 

• Go to drive.google.com 
• Right-click the item you want to move 
• Click Organize > Move 
• Select or create a folder 
• Click Move 

Transfer ownership of files from one user to another

1. On your computer, open Google Drive.
2. Find the file you want to transfer then right-click.
3. Click Share > click Share .
4. Next to the recipients name, click the Down arrow   Transfer ownership.