How to Transfer Files Between Google Drive Accounts
- Open your primary Google Drive account.
- Locate the files or folders you want to move to your secondary Google Drive account.
- Right-click on the file or folder and select Share.
- Type your secondary Google username.
- Log into your secondary Google Drive account.
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Can you move files from one Google Drive account 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.
How do I move multiple documents from one Google account to another?
- Highlight all the files you want to transfer (either shift+down OR ctrl+click)
- Click on the Share button on the top right OR Right click on any of the files > Share.
- Click Advanced.
- Follow the usual steps for transfering ownership.
How do I move a Google Doc to another Google Drive?
This is how you do it:
- Find the file that you want to upload to Google Drive.
- Go to the file options.
- Select Share.
- Choose the Google Drive option.
- Select the Google Drive account you want to upload the file to.
- Select the location.
- Upload the file.
Can I move a drive folder to another account?
By default, Google Drive does not allow you to copy Google Drive folder to another account, but you can share your folder to another account and move all files via “Make a copy”, use “Google Takeout” or the traditional downloading and uploading.
How do I move a folder from one Google Drive to another?
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.
How do I do a bulk transfer on Google Drive?
Transfer Ownership of Multiple Documents
You can do this the same way as you’d select multiple files on your computer: To select several documents in a row, click the first, then hold down shift, and click the last one in the list.
You cannot move a folder from My Drive to a Shared drive.Because you cannot move a folder, but must recreate a folder in Shared drives, folder permissions are not moved. If you have given other users access to a folder on your My Drive, be sure to grant those permissions again in Shared drives.
How do I move documents into a folder on Google Drive?
On your computer, go to drive.google.com. Right-click the item you want to move. Choose or create a folder, then click Move.
Why can’t I move files on Google Drive?
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.
How do I move multiple documents to a folder in Google Drive?
Click on the first file you want to move, then hold down Ctrl (or Cmd) and then click on the other files you want to move. The ones that you have chosen will be highlighted in blue. Or if the files you want are all together, click on the top one, hold down the Shift key, then click on the bottom one.
How do I move a file from one drive to another?
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.
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.