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Today I asked about transferring ownership of documents in G Drive.  There are five ways I know of to change ownership of files. It occurred to me I should share here in case others are asked (or wonder) about this also! I've outlined them below, because some will depend on G Suite administrators being involved, and some depend on the number of files to be moved. Here the ways: Copying the file - done by you (or currently user) by going to the File menu on a file you have edit rights to, and creating a copy (what you are currently doing)  This by far the most tedious if it involves more than a couple files.  It actually makes multiple copies of the file, each with its own ownership.  The best use of this method is for when a document is wanted by another person, but the creator also still needs the file. Switching ownership - the   current owner   of the file goes into the share settings and changes the access right of another editor to own...

You may have students that are graduating this spring and want to move files/emails from their school Google accounts to a personal Google account.  Is this possible?  Yes, it is!  Google has made this much easier over the years. Note:  when you do this it actually COPIES the files into your personal account - three things about this: all sharing is broken in these new copies that are made original documents are still shared with same people as before (if shared) ownership of original documents stays with organization; ownership of copies are with your personal account If you want a video, check out this one by Just Cowen of Dickinson-Iron Intermediate School District in Kingsford, MI (that would be way up in the UP :-) Or, here are a few directions with screenshots: 1. Log into the Google account that has the files you want to transfer, then go to takeout.google.com/transfer 2. For step 1, enter the personal Google account you are moving the files to...