What’s changing

If your admin has group up shared drives for their organization, shared thrust managers were antecedently not capable to restrict entree to folders successful shared drives. Today, we’re introducing a beta that allows shared thrust managers to restrict folders to circumstantial users wrong a shared drive. This provides shared thrust managers pinch greater elasticity to support applicable contented wrong a azygous shared drive, while restricting entree to shared folders pinch delicate information. 

A files pinch “limited access” tin only beryllium opened by group who person been added to it directly. People pinch wide entree to the shared thrust aliases shared files tin spot the restricted files successful Drive, but will not beryllium capable to unfastened it. 

Eligible customers tin use this form to definitive liking successful the beta and will person an email confirmation anterior to the characteristic being enabled successful their specified domain. 

Limit entree to a circumstantial folder


Who’s impacted 

Admins and extremity users 


Why it’s important 

Folders pinch constricted entree let users to shape files by project, successful a azygous shared thrust aliases shared folder, while ensuring that delicate accusation is only accessible to the correct squad members. 


Additional details 

Folders pinch constricted entree are disposable successful some shared drives and My Drive: 
  • Shared thrust managers tin ever entree folders pinch limited-access 
  • Folder owners tin ever entree limited-access folders successful their My Drive 

Getting started 

  • Admins: Eligible customers tin definitive liking successful the beta here. We’ll statesman accepting domains into the programme successful the coming weeks. Once accepted into the beta, sojourn the Help Center to study much about folders pinch constricted access. 
  • End users: 
    • As a shared thrust head aliases My Drive files owner, go to your shared thrust > take the files you want to limit entree > click the overflow paper > stock > prime stock settings successful the apical correct area > click constricted entree to “Folder Name”. Visit the Help Center to study much about folders pinch constricted access. 
    • For users whose entree has been limited, you will spot the files name, but the files will beryllium grayed out: 

Availability 

Available for Google Workspace: 
  • Business Standard, Plus 
  • Enterprise Standard, Plus 
  • Essentials Starter, Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Essentials Plus 
  • Education Fundamentals, Standard, Plus, the Teaching & Learning Upgrade 
  • Nonprofits 

Resources 

  • Google Workspace Admin Help: Set up shared drives for your organization 
  • Google Help: Learn astir folders pinch constricted access
  • Beta Form