
Check a Google Workspace User’s Storage Usage
Check how much storage someone is using.
In this section, we will teach you how to manage Google Drive storage and data, control sharing settings, enable or disable features and manage shared drives.
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Check how much storage someone is using.
Transfer ownership of all files and folders from one user to another.
Locate files or folders that have disappeared.
Look at Google Drive and shared drive data and export it.
Restore any user’s deleted Google Drive files and folders.
Restore deleted Shared Drive files and folders.
If you have G Suite Basic or Google Workspace Business Starter, you can add more storage to your users.
Choose how much storage to add and assign it to users.
View details regarding your Drive storage subscription, such as the monthly cost and number of licensed users.
Completely remove your Drive Storage subscription.
Remove extra storage from one or more users.
Control if users are allowed to create and upload new files in Google Drive.
Control sharing of Drive data with people outside your account and making data public.
Specify the default link sharing level for newly created files.
Get notified when sending Drive data that your recipient is unable to access.
Control who can move Drive content to Google Drive accounts or Shared Drives external to your organization.
Control syncing of Google Drive data offline.
Control if users are allowed to download and install Google Drive for desktop.
Control if users are allowed to connect third-party apps and scripts to Drive.
Control if users are allowed to install Drive add-ons.
Choose who can see users’ activity on a file’s Activity dashboard.
You can control if your users can see Activity dashboard data for files they can edit.
Allow or prevent usage of predictive text suggestions for faster typing in Google Docs.
Control if users can find and use organization-specific templates from the Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Forms home screens.
Manage who can submit templates to your organization’s gallery.
Learn what Shared Drives are and what you can do with them.
Configure the default restriction settings for all shared drives.
Restore deleted Shared Drive files and folders.
Control if users can move files and folders to shared drives.
Control the individual settings for each separate shared drive.
View a list of the currently existing Shared Drives in your account.
Allow people to access a Shared Drive.
Prevent someone from accessing a shared drive.
View a Shared Drive’s members and manage their access level.
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