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You can export and download your data from the Google products you use, such as your:
Documents
Calendar
Photos
YouTube videos
Data about registration and account activity
You can create an archive to keep for your records or use the data in another service.
You can only transfer ownership of files to people within your work or school. When you make someone else the owner of a folder, you still own the files inside. Learn more about sharing folders.
Note: If you transfer ownership of a lot of files and folders at once, it may take some time for you to see the changes.
Google Docs
Google Sheets
Google Slides
Google Forms
Google Drawings
Google My Maps
Folders
Open the homescreen for Google Drive, Google Docs, Google Sheets, or Google Slides.
Click the file you want to transfer to someone else.
Click Share or Share .
Click Advanced.
To the right of a person you've already shared the file with, click the Down arrow .
Click Is owner.
Click Save changes.
**After you make someone else the owner of a file, you can edit the file unless the new owner decides to change your access.
When you make someone else the owner of a file, you won’t be able to:
Transfer ownership, even back to yourself.
Permanently delete the file from Google Drive.
You can move multiple files at once.
You can’t move folders from My Drive into a shared drive, but you can create new folders in a shared drive.
Anyone you directly shared a file with retains access, unless your shared drive doesn’t allow non-members.
People who had access to the file from a folder that's been shared don’t retain access once you move a file. If you want these people to keep access, update your permissions after moving your files to a shared drive.
When you move a file to a shared drive, the team becomes the owner of the file.
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 G Suite admin.
You can move any file you own into a shared drive, whether it’s from another Drive location or from your computer or mobile device.
If you’re not the owner of a file in My Drive, but you have at least Edit access to the file, you might be able to move that file into a shared drive, if:
Your G Suite admin has enabled this option.
The file’s owner is a member of the shared drive where you want to move the file.
Otherwise, you need to ask the owner to move the file into the shared drive.
Move files between shared drives:
To move files between shared drives, you need Manager access to the original shared drive and at least Contributor access to the destination shared drive.