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• Are the files of interest to most or all members of a particular project Sharedshared?
• Do the files share a consistent theme?

If you answered "yes" to both questions, creating a new Shared Drive is a good idea. If the files are for a variety of projects, create multiple Shared Drives.

For a comparison of My Drive and For more on when to use Shared Drives, see the Drive FAQ What's the difference between My Drive and Shared Drivesthis guide for Best Practices.

• Set up a Shared Drive
• Get Started with Google Shared Drives (formerly Team Drives)
• Manage Shared Drive files and folders
• Get Started with Google Shared Drives (formerly Team Drives)
  
  

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1.2 Get Started with Google Shared Drives (formerly Team Drives)

1.3 Get Started with Google Shared Drives (formerly Team Drives)1.4 Remove membersChange access levels or Remove a member

1.1 Create a Shared Drive

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1. Open Google Drive.                                                                                      
2. On the left, click Shared Drives.
3. At top, click 
4. Enter a name and click Create.

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1.2 Add members and set access levels

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Add members and set access levels Add members and set access levels

When you add new members, they’re given Content manager access. You can change a member's access level.

Note: Give members who  Give members who need to edit files in Drive File Stream Content manager access.

Add members and set access levels:

Requires Manager access

1. On At the left, click a Shared Drive Shared drives and double-click on one of your shared drives.
2. At the top, under the Shared Drive name, click +Add membersshared drive name (use the drop-down arrow)Image Addedto Manage members and access levels.
3. Add names, email addresses, or groups from Google Groupsa Google Group. (New members must have a Google account).
4. (Optional) To change the access level, next to Content manager, click the Down arrow Image Removedarrow.
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5. (Optional) Enter a message .(Optional) If when adding a new member, or if you don't want to send a notification to the new members, check the Skip sending notifications , uncheck the notify people box.
6. Click Send or Addor Share.

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1.3 Change

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access levels or Remove a member

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Change member access levels Change member access levels

Requires Manager access

1. On the left, click a Shared Drive.
2. At the top, next to the Shared Drive name, click the Down arrow > and Manage members.
3. Next to a member's name, click the Down Arrow  and and select a new access level.
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4. Click Done.

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Requires Manager access

1. On the left, click a Shared Drive.
2. At the top, next to the Shared Drive name, click the Down arrow Image Removed > Manage members.
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4. Click Save Click Done.

2. Add files and folders

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1. On the left, click a Shared Drive or existing folder.
2. Click  > > Folder.
3. Enter a folder name and click .

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