Move Files and Folders from My Drive to a Shared Drive

You can now move files and folders from My Drive to a Shared Drive on a computer if you’re logged into your school account. 

Although this is exciting news, there are several important limitations for users to be aware of:

• Students cannot create Shared Drives and should NOT be added to a Shared Drive.
• You can only move files and folders you own and only into a Shared Drive if you’re a manager of that Shared Drive.
• Non-members of a shared drive could lose access to content moved into a shared drive.
• Only members of the shared drive and people with whom the file is directly shared can access the file.
• File permissions inherited from folders aren’t copied. 
• If you move a child folder to a shared drive, permissions inherited from the parent folder won’t be copied over.
• If you move a parent folder to a shared drive, the child folder will still inherit those permissions.
• If the original owner of a file is in your organization but not a member of the shared drive, they lose ownership, but can still access the file.
• Additional limitations and errors you should be aware of.