[Google Admin : Drive] Transfer Individual Files To New Owner

This article outlines the steps to transfer the ownership individual/specific files from one user's Google Drive over to another user's Google Drive.

Requirements

• Account with Google Admin access
  • Specifically access to the "Investigation Tool"
• Link to the document to be transferred or the name of the document
• Optional : Previous owner's name/email

Procedure

1. Log into the Google Admin console (admin.google.com)
2. Go to Menu (hamburger top left) > Security > Security Center > Investigation Tool
3. Click Data Source > Drive log events
4. Click Add condition
5. Click the Attribute drop down and select how you want to find the file.
   1. If the owner of the file is known select Owner and enter the owner's email address
   2. If the document ID is known select Document ID and enter the document ID which can be gained from the URL of the file
      1. Example: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LQ_zgy0QDy/edit, the document ID is 1LQ_zgy0QDy
         1. Note: If the document is a form, you need the link from the editing page, not the live form URL
6. Once all your conditions are in place (as you can have multiple) then click Search
7. Find the file[s] you want to transfer ownership of and check the box next to them
8. Click Actions > Change Owner
9. On the first line of the new window enter the email address of the new owner.
10. On the second line confirm the action by entering CHANGE OWNER
11. Click Change Owner
12. Now pat yourself on the back and let the user know (or whoever needs to notify the user) that the job is complete!

 

This article is based on the Google Workspace Help article provided by Google that can be found here.