{"id":589,"date":"2022-03-01T18:44:14","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T18:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/?p=589"},"modified":"2023-01-30T13:19:25","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T13:19:25","password":"","slug":"solved-copy-or-transfer-google-shared-drive-files-and-folders","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/tech-tips\/solved-copy-or-transfer-google-shared-drive-files-and-folders\/","title":{"rendered":"[Solved] Copy or Transfer Google Shared Drive Files and Folders"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Looking for a way to Copy or Transfer Google Shared Drive Files and Folders<\/em>? \u2014 Here\u2019s all you need to know\u2026<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>There are\u00a0<strong>no\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Google_APIs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Google APIs<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0that allow actions such as\u00a0<strong>copying<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>moving<\/strong>\u00a0files and folders\u00a0<strong>from MyDrive to Shared Drives<\/strong>\u00a0and from Shared Drive to another Shared Drive.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Actions NOT allowed on Shared Drives<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Due to this limitation from Google\u2019s end, the below actions are\u00a0<strong>not allowed<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<strong>Shared Drives<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><strong>Change ownership<\/strong> of Shared Drives \u2013 As the Shared Drives <strong>don&#8217;t have &#8220;owners<\/strong>&#8221; &#8211; we can change Manager &#8211; Content Managers to them\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Copy files\/folders<\/strong> of Shared Drives \u2013 At the moment it is <strong>not possible<\/strong> to <strong>copy Shared Drive files<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The above actions however are allowed for\u00a0<strong>MyDrive files \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>see the \u2018how-to\u2019 examples below.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/tech-tips\/copy-files-or-folders-from-internal-or-external-users\/\">Copy files and folders from Internal and External users<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/tech-tips\/search-for-specific-file-types-change-ownership-in-google-workspace\/\">Change ownership of Google file<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Actions Allowed on Shared Drives<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Using GAT+ a Google Workspace Admin can:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><strong>Add<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0 Add users as (Commenter\/Viewer\/Contributor\/Manager\/Content Manager)<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Remove<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u2013 Remove users as (Commenter\/Viewer\/Contributor\/Manager\/Content Manager)<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Replace<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Replace existing permissions\/users as (Commenter\/Viewer\/Contributor\/Manager\/Content Manager)<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Settings management<\/strong>\u00a0of Shared Drives:\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Sharing only inside a domain<\/li>\r\n<li>Sharing only with drive members<\/li>\r\n<li>Only Contributors can download, copy and print<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>See the \u2018how-to\u2019 examples below.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/tech-tips\/shared-drive-membership-management\/\">Add, Remove, Replace Shared drive permissions<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/tech-tips\/shared-drive-membership-management\/\">Shared Drives\u2019 settings management<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking for a way to Copy or Transfer Google Shared Drive Files and Folders? \u2014 Here\u2019s all you need to know\u2026 There are\u00a0no\u00a0Google APIs\u00a0that allow actions such as\u00a0copying\u00a0and\u00a0moving\u00a0files and folders\u00a0from MyDrive to Shared Drives\u00a0and from Shared Drive to another Shared Drive. 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