Create a New Shared Drive
Add a new shared drive.
To grant someone access to a shared drive, you need to add them as a member.
Members can view the shared drive’s data. They have access to all files within the shared drive, with the access level depending on the role given to the member (e.g., reader, writer).
Members can have different roles:
Go to Google Drive at https://drive.google.com and click Shared drives on the left.
Then right-click a shared drive and select Add members.
Type the names or email addresses of people or groups you want to add as members of the shared drive in the Add people and groups field.
You can add multiple members simultaneously by adding them to a group.
Follow these steps to create a group, then follow these steps to add people as members one by one or in bulk.
Finally, add the group as a shared drive member.
Once you start typing, users/groups will appear below if you have them in your Google Contacts at https://contacts.google.com.
Click them to add them quickly without typing their complete email addresses.
You can add more users/groups to the same field.
Keep the Notify people box checked, and you can type a custom message below to let them know that you’ve granted them access.
When adding members, make sure you select the proper permission level.
When you are ready, click Send. Everyone you added can now go to Google Drive and access the shared drive in the Shared drives section.
Add a new shared drive.
Quickly find files or folders in a shared drive by searching.
Make people members of a shared drive and set the default access level.
Apply restrictions to a shared drive.
Show shared drives in a list or a grid view.
View a shared drive’s Trash and restore items, or delete them forever.
Learn what shared drives are and how they help you take collaboration to the next level.
Give your shared drive some personality.
Hide or unhide a shared drive.
Change the name of a shared drive.
Update a shared drive’s members list.
Remove a shared drive.
Send an email to all members of a shared drive.
Discontinue people’s access to a shared drive.
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