How to add someone to a Shared Drive in Google Drive

Shared Drives allows your business to share documents securely with members of a Share Drive and by letting you assign the right level of access for each member to do their work.

*To add someone to a Shared Drive you must have an access level of Contributor or above if you are unable to add members your access level is not high enough.

 
 

Here is how you add a user to a Shared Drive in Google Drive:

  • Firstly, you need to access Google Drive on the web. *You can't add some to a Shared Drive from Google Drive on your computer.

  • Once you are in Google Drive, click “Shared Drives” in the left side column.

  • You'll now see all the Shared Drives you have access too.

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There are two ways you can add someone to a Shared Drive:

  • Right-click on the Shared Drive and select "Add members" or open the Shared Drive and under the search box click "Add members."

  • Enter the person's email address and select the access level you want them to have, then click "Send" or "Add" dependent on if you are sending a notification to them that they now have access.

  • All done.

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Kimbley IT Team