Go to https://drive.google.com & sign in to your account.
- Click “Shared with me” tab located at the left side of window.
- Click a file which you want to move.
- Click “Add to My Drive” icon located at the top of the window.
- A “Move To” window opens up.
- Select the folder from “My Drive” to move the file.
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Important: If you select the sharing permission Administrators only in a Team Folder, users won’t be able to move files or folders by drag and drop in Google Drive. This is due to a restriction in Google Drive.Note: To move a file or folder outside a Team Folder, you must export the file.
You can only move Folder and Files in a Shared Drive that are owned by your company. So if someone externally has uploaded files to a Shared Drive you either need to ask them to move the files to the new location, or you can “make a copy” and save the copy into the new place, then delete the originals.
If its direct parent is a shared folder, then go into that folder, select all files you want to copy, right-click on selected files and select “Make a Copy”. This will make a copy at “My Drive”. Later you can go to “My Drive” and manage those files into a folder or whatever you like to do.
How to Move Files from Shared With Me to My Drive?
- Click “Shared with me” tab located at the left side of window.
- Click a file which you want to move.
- Click “Add to My Drive” icon located at the top of the window.
- A “Move To” window opens up.
- Select the folder from “My Drive” to move the file.
- Click “Move” button.
To move files from My Drive into a shared drive or between shared drives, drag the files into the destination shared drive. To move folders, contact your administrator.
To move files or folders from a shared folder to My Drive:
- Make sure to share the item with can Edit access.
- Enable the Editors can change permissions and share setting for the file or folder. For instructions, go to Restrict sharing options on Drive files.
Go the shared folder, which contains files you want to copy to your drive. Select all the files you want to copy. In the upper right corner click on three vertical dots and select “make a copy” The files will then appear in your drive.
Follow these steps:
- Access your Google My Drive and locate the files you want to move.
- Select the file or files by clicking on a single file or holding the Shift key while clicking all of the files you want to move.
- Right-click, or Ctrl-click on the selected file(s).
- Select Move to…
Adding Shared Files to Google Drive
- Locate the file in Shared with Me.
- Right click (Command Click for Macs) on the file or folder.
- From the menu, choose “+ Add Shortcut to Drive”
- File or folder will move to “My Drive” or you can choose “Organize” to choose a specific location.
You can move the shared files by clicking and dragging into “My Drive” or a My Drive sub-folder in the left sidebar. Or you can select the files and either right-click and select “Add to My Drive”, or click on the “Add to My Drive” icon at the top.
Right-click the mouse, or Ctrl-click if you are using a single-button mouse. In the drop down list of available drives, double-click on Shared drives. By double-clicking, navigate to the drive and folder where you want to move the files. Click the Move Here button.
Right-click the “String” with the shared folder name to move to a new drive and select the Modify option. For example, MyShare. In the “Path” field, change the drive letter with the letter to the new destination. For example, change C for D if the data has been moved to the “D” drive.
If you find the drag and drop interface too awkward, you can use the menu method instead. With your Google Docs file OPEN, go to the File menu and choose Move to Folder. Then select the target folder and click the Move button. Then navigate to the appropriate folder.
How do I move files in Google Drive?
There’s two ways you can move a file inside Google Drive. You can either Drag the file to a folder or use the Move to option.
- Go to drive.google.com.
- Click and hold the item you want to move.
- Move the item over the folder and release it.
- Tip: Use the left panel to move items into any folder in Google Drive.
Folders cannot be copied. You will be able to create only copies of individual files. All your files will go to the “My Drive” folder. You won’t be able to select folders where you wish these copies to go.
Moving files and folders to a shared drive changes ownership from the user to the shared drive. After the file is moved, the user’s access levels to the file might change.When you move a file to a shared drive, only members of the shared drive and people the file is directly shared with can access the file.
Can I move files from one Google Drive to another?
You can easily move files from one google account to another. Download them from the 1st Google account, then either open them with the 2nd Google account or drag & drop the files from your desktop folders to your Google Drive folders.
Right-click on the folder, click Copy, then go wherever you want to copy the folder, right-click again, and click Paste. And that’s how to copy your Google Drive folders.
If you open that shared link in your browser while you’re logged into your Google account, you’ll see it in the “Shared with me” section. Right click on the file and choose “Make a copy“, then a copy file will be created in your My Drve and saved as your file.
How do I automatically move files in Google Drive?
Method 1: Upload file on Google Drive via “drag and drop”
Double-click Google Drive to its desktop folder. Step 3. Then, select files or folders you want move, drag and drop them to Google Drive desktop folder via your mouse. After that, your files will be uploaded to drive.google.com one by one.