Share files from Google Drive

You lot can share the files and folders that you store in Google Bulldoze with anyone.

When you lot share from Google Drive, you can command whether people tin edit, comment on, or only view the file. When you lot share content from Google Bulldoze, the Google Bulldoze program policies use.

Step i: Find the file you want to share

Share a single file

  1. On a calculator, get to Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, or Slides.
  2. Click the file you want to share.
  3. Click Share or Share Share.

Share multiple files

Send & share Google Forms

Step ii: Choose who to share with & how they can apply your file

Share with specific people

Share a link to the file

You tin send other people a link to your file then anyone with the link tin use it. When you share a link to a file, your name and your email will be visible every bit the possessor of the file.

  1. Select the file you lot desire to share.
  2. Click Share or Share Shareand thenGet link.
  3. Under "Get Link", click the Down arrow Down.
  4. Choose who to share the file with.
  1. To decide what people can practise with your file when yous share it, select Viewer, Commenter, or Editor.
    • Learn more about how others view, comment, or edit files.
  2. Click Re-create linkand thenWashed.
  3. Copy and paste the link in an e-mail or whatsoever place you want to share information technology.
  1. Select the file yous desire to share.
  2. Click Share or Share Shareand thenGo link.
  3. Nether "Go Link," click Change to anyone with link.
  4. To decide what people can do with your public link when you share it, selectViewer,Commenter, orEditor.
  5. Click Done.
  6. Copy and paste the link in an email or any place y'all desire to share it.

People who aren't signed in to a Google Account show up as anonymous animals in your file.Larn more about anonymous animals.

Share & interact on a file with many people

At any time, a Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides file tin can just exist edited on up to 100 open tabs or devices. If there are more 100 instances of the file open up, only the possessor and some users with editing permissions can edit the file.

To share and collaborate on a file with a very wide audition:

Publish the file

  • If you need many people to view a file at once, publish it and create a link to share to viewers. You tin give edit access to people who need to edit or comment on the file. Acquire how to publish a file.
  • Depending on your account's settings, publishing a file makes it visible to everyone on the web, anybody in your organization, or a group of people in your arrangement. Be careful when publishing private or sensitive info.
    • Of import: If yous have an account through work or school, your administrator can limit who can view a published file. If you're an administrator, learn how to control who can publish documents to the web.
  • To remove a file from the web, yous must terminate publishing it. Learn how to stop publishing a file.
  • To finish sharing a file with collaborators, learn how to change sharing permissions.

Create a Google Site

  • Create a Google Site to share information with many people.  You can embed documents, spreadsheets, and presentations on the site, which tin be viewed by a large amount of users. Larn how to embed documents on a site.
  • If you anticipate loftier traffic to your site, first publish your document in Google Docs, Sheets or Slides, then embed the published URL into Google Sites. Larn how to publish a file.

Collect feedback with Google Forms

  • If you need to get together a lot of information, create a Google Class. Responses will be recorded in a Google Sheet. Give edit access but to people who need to work with the responses. To let more than 100 people view the responses, publish the spreadsheet to the web and create a link to share with viewers. Acquire how to publish a file.

Gear up problems with documents shared with many people

If your document is shared with many people and it's crashing or non updating chop-chop, attempt these troubleshooting tips:

  • Instead of allowing people to annotate on a document or spreadsheet, create a Google Form to collect feedback. Larn how to create a Google Course.
  • If you're making a copy of a document, don't include resolved comments and suggestions. Learn how to make a copy.
  • Delete older information or motion data into a new document.
  • Ask viewers to shut the document when they aren't using it.
  • Include only the near important data in a published certificate. Shorter documents load faster.
  • Reduce the corporeality of people with edit admission to a document.
  • If collecting data from multiple documents, create a new, view-only certificate to share with a large number of people.

Limit how a file is shared

Cull if people can view, comment, or edit

When you share a file with someone, you tin can cull what they can do with it.

  • Viewer: People can view, but can't change or share the file with others.
  • Commenter: People can make comments and suggestions, just can't change or share the file with others.
  • Editor: People can brand changes, accept or decline suggestions, and share the file with others.

Alter who your link is shared with

When y'all share a link to a file, yous command how widely the file is shared. These options depend on if your Google Business relationship is through work, school, or Gmail.

  • Public: Anyone can search on Google and get access to your file, without signing in to their Google Business relationship.
  • Anyone with the link: Anyone who has the link can use your file, without signing in to their Google Business relationship.
  • Restricted: Only people you share the file with volition exist able to utilize information technology.

Related articles

  • Make Google Docs, Sheets, Slides & Forms public
  • Stop or alter how a file is shared
  • Transfer file buying
  • Share folders in Google Drive
  • Find files shared with you lot

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