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What can you do with shared drives?

You can use this feature only if your organization supports it. For help, contact your administrator.

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Organize and share individual and team content with Google Drive

Shared drives overview Shared drives are shared spaces where teams can easily store, search, and access their files anywhere, from any device.

Unlike files in My Drive, files in a shared drive belong to the team instead of an individual. Even if members leave, the files stay exactly where they are so your team can continue to share information and get work done.

Not sure whether to use My Drive or a shared drive?

Ask yourself these questions:

Are the files of interest to most or all members of a particular project team?

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 shared drives, see Compare shared drives with My Drive.

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