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Open Google Drive on your browser, then select to open the folder you want to copy.

The following steps illustrate how to copy a shared folder in Google Drive from one place to another How to Copy a Shared Folder in Google Drive? Remember, you cannot move a read-only file or folder as these settings prevent you from making changes to the content, hence the need to have different file permissions to facilitate a move.Īfter moving the folder, any permissions enabled from the shared folder are removed, and new ones are inherited from the destination folder.

Permissions that apply to the items and the people that can see them also alter and change.Įnsure the items are shared with “can edit” access and enable the “editors can change” permission for the folder before moving it to your Drive.

Moving a shared folder with many files or subfolders may take some time to move to the new location. Transferring documents or files from a shared folder can best be described as a move and not a copy as the moved content becomes unavailable in the shared folder. When may you want to use “make a copy”? Moving Files from Drive Shared Folders