--- title: Find All Google Sites and Files Published to the Web Using GAT+ description: "## Find all the Google Sites and Files Published to the Web in GAT+ GAT+ provides an extensive and detailed view of your domain's entire **Google Drive**. Admins can view all the [**Google Sites**](https://sites.google.com/) created by users on the domain and other…" url: "https://gatlabs.com/knowledge/tech-tips/google-sites-and-files-published-to-the-web-in-gat/" updated: "2025-11-21" category: "Drive Audit & Management" tags: - GAT+ --- # Find All Google Sites and Files Published to the Web Using GAT+ ## Find all the Google Sites and Files Published to the Web in GAT+ GAT+ provides an extensive and detailed view of your domain's entire **Google Drive**. Admins can view all the [**Google Sites**](https://sites.google.com/) created by users on the domain and other details about them. ## Google Sites To filter for a site that has been published on your domain, Navigate to **GAT+ > Drive > Files (1) > set filter (2)** Then, in the **Definitions,**select: - **Sharing flag > contains > Published (4)** - **Type > equal > Site (5)** ![Google Sites Published to Web](https://gatlabs.com/knowledge/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/2025-04-03-17_28_51-GAT.png) Once you are finished, click **'Apply' (6).** You may see a **sharing flag as 'Published' with a red label.** ![Google Sites Published to Web](https://gatlabs.com/knowledge/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/2025-04-03-17_32_25-GAT.png) ## Find the published site's Website URL address You can also view the public website URL of sites that are published. To do this, select the Columns visibility button. ![](https://gatlabs.com/knowledge/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Screenshot-2025-11-21-15.09.46-1-300x172.png) And enable the 'Published URL' column. Select the 'Apply' button to make the changes. ![](https://gatlabs.com/knowledge/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Screenshot-2025-11-21-15.12.52-1-300x172.png) You will now see the link to access the site in the new column. ![](https://gatlabs.com/knowledge/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Screenshot-2025-11-21-15.16.21-1-300x172.png) You can copy these links, and paste them into your web browser's address bar to view the site. Note: The published URL **only works for Google Sites**, other published files may be embedded in many other sites or published to more than one web address, so it is not possible to see where other files may be published on the web. ## Published to web files "**Publish to web**" in Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides is a feature that allows you to make your documents viewable to a wider audience on the internet. In essence, "publish to web" is a convenient way to share your Google documents with a broad audience in a **view-only format** ### How to set up a file with a **publish to web** event Navigate to **Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides > click on File > Share > Publish to web** ![](https://gatlabs.com/knowledge/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/2025-04-04-13_42_39-Marketing-2025-Google-Sheets.png) This can be **found in the GAT+ > Drive section** Navigate to **GAT+ > Drive  > Files** Set the filter to '**Sharing flags' - 'contains' - 'Published' ** ![GAT+ Drive Audit ](https://gatlabs.com/knowledge/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/2025-04-04-13_52_03-GAT.png) ### Result As a result, the Admin can view all files that are "published to web". Each of the files will have a "**Published**" sharing flag. The **file types** can be **Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides** as well as Google Sites ![Google Sites Published to Web](https://gatlabs.com/knowledge/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/2025-04-04-13_57_36-GAT.png) ### Publish visibility **IMPORTANT:** **Files can be private and at the same time published on the web** **Publish visibility** can be**"Public", "Anyone in domain" or "Private".** Navigate to GAT+ > Files > Apply filter > Published visibility (Public, Private, Anyone in domain) ![GAT+ File Filter](https://gatlabs.com/knowledge/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/2025-04-04-14_50_22-GAT.png) ### Additional Published Filters in GAT+ Additional publishing filters can be applied. - **Last published** - enter a date before or after the published change was applied - **Last published (relative)** - search for in the last x hours/days the "published event" has happened - **Last unpublished** - enter a date before or after the published change was applied (removed) - **Last unpublished (relative)** - search for in the last x hours/days the "published event" has happened ![Google Sites Published to Web](https://gatlabs.com/knowledge/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/2025-04-04-15_52_43-GAT.png) ### View "Publish Change" in Events The event of "Publish change" can be audited in **GAT+ > Drive > Events > Event type search > Publish change ** Search for visibility change before and after as well as type of publish visibility before and after ![GAT+ Event Filter](https://gatlabs.com/knowledge/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/2025-04-04-14_58_27-GAT.png) ### Result This will show you a list of "Publish changes" of the Google Drive files. ![](https://gatlabs.com/knowledge/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/2025-04-03-17_56_41-GAT.png) ## Related Posts - [Report on Non-Updated Google Sites in any given time](https://gatlabs.com/knowledge/tech-tips/report-on-non-updated-google-sites-in-any-given-time/) - [Automatically Remove users from Google sites](https://gatlabs.com/knowledge/tech-tips/remove-users-from-google-sites/)