Google Drive is the product of google. It provides free storage of 15GB. We can also get additional storage by purchasing a premium subscription.
I daily use, We can use the google drive for storing the data, our own files, and other google products files like google docs, google forms submission, sheets, etc.
Google drive is mainly used for sharing files with other people. Some of the people are confused when they share the files and cannot use access files by another person.
To good knowledge of sharing, we can easily share the file. We learn here what types of sharing technics and how to share the file as per requirement.
Google Drive interface is seen as this type. To manage files, you can add folders to categories of your files.
Google Drive File Management
If you want to add a file or create a folder you can do click on the New button or right-click on the interface.
file management card of google drive
You can see these types of cards where:
Red marked: this is used to create new folders.
Blue marked: this is used to upload files from the computer.
Yellow marked: this is used to upload folders directly from the computer.
And Other buttons are for creating google office files.
File Operations
file operations on google drive
When we right-click on any uploaded file then we can see this card interface. We can get different options.
In this blog, we have only focused on the share the files. Share and Get link is an important aspect of this blog.
Share is used to manage the file-sharing system where Get link is mainly focused on the file-sharing link.
Sharing Interface
sharing interface of google drive
After clicking on Share. We can see this type of interface.
Add people and groups are used for sharing the file to any email address. Here is some permission to be set for sharing the file which we discuss on click here.
When you click on the Get link. You can see this type of interface where file permission is set on Restricted.
Restricted means that if anyone tries to access the file with the link by any source, He/she asks permission to access that file.
Get Link Types
types of sharing a link on google drive
We can share the file in two modes: Restricted or Anyone with the link.
Restricted means we already discuss in the upper section where it is used to share the file but when anyone tries to access a file they need to get permission of accessing the file.
Anyone with the link means anyone can access the file without asking for the permission of the owner. We can discuss its types below.
Anyone with the link types
anyone link types on google drive
After selecting anyone with the link. The default type of anyone with the link is Viewer. It has three types:
Viewer
Commenter
Editor
The viewer is the person who can see the file. One Special permission needs to be set for viewers and commenters which makes the file not downloadable and printable which is discussed commenter below.
Commenter is the person who sees the file and also can comment on the file, which can be feedback on the file.
The editor is the person who has lower-level permission then-owner but higher-level permission the viewer and commenter. Editora can change the file, permission on the file, and alter the file. If you want the editor cannot able to change the permission and share then you have to set one special permission mentioned below.
Special Permissions
special permission of google drive
When you open the share and see the interface than in the top right corner. One settings icon is visible. On clicking on this, you can see this special permission interface.
You can see the Editors can change the permissions and share, after unticking this editor cannot able change the permission and the share.
For viewers and commenters untick the second option to make unable file from copy, download, and print.
After reading this blog, we can choose your suitable share option.
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