From d8e69ff50d79a5bb3855a3f251dc708577cf5b96 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ross Scroggs Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2025 08:08:00 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Update Users-Drive-Copy-Move.md --- wiki/Users-Drive-Copy-Move.md | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/wiki/Users-Drive-Copy-Move.md b/wiki/Users-Drive-Copy-Move.md index c0341493..d3fed16a 100644 --- a/wiki/Users-Drive-Copy-Move.md +++ b/wiki/Users-Drive-Copy-Move.md @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ - [Copy content of My Drive to a Shared Drive](#copy-content-of-my-drive-to-a-shared-drive) - [Copy content of a Shared Drive to another Shared Drive](#copy-content-of-a-shared-drive-to-another-shared-drive) - [Move files and folders](#move-files-and-folders) + - [Move My Drive folder to Shared Drive](#move-my-drive-folder-to-shared-drive) - [Simple moves by changing parents](#simple-moves-by-changing-parents) - [Move with ownership change](#move-with-ownership-change) - [Complex moves](#complex-moves) @@ -428,6 +429,16 @@ gam user user@domain.com copy drivefile teamdriveid 0AC_1AB teamdriveparentid 0A ``` ## Move files and folders +## Move My Drive folder to Shared Drive +There are two methods for moving a folder from a My Drive to a Shared Drive: +* Drive UI - You can simple drag and drop the folder from the My Drive to the Shared Drive + * Google inspects the content of the folder and may not perform the move if files and folders within the selected folder are owned by users outside of your domain + * All folder and files IDs are preserved +* GAM + * The Drive API doesn't allow moving a folder from a My Drive to a Shared Drive; GAM has to recreate the folders on the Shared Drive, thus changing their IDs + * Files are simply moved from their existing My Drive folder to the recreated Shared Drive folder; their IDs do not change + * Files owmed by users outside of your domain can't be moved + ## Simple moves by changing parents Use this command in the following cases: * Move a file or folder from one location to another on My Drive