How To Move A Google Drive Folder From One Account To Another

[@lee.7963]

Amazing it worked brilliantly i tried all different ways and it wouldn't work and watched several KZbin vids and still did not work however i watched this dude and followed his way step by step and boom it worked amazingly and copied lovely thanks dude keep up with the great teaching vids very well explained.

[@techtimewithtimmy]

Thank you! I'm glad I could help! 👍

[@RuthGraves]

This is simply awesome!!! It's exactly what I was looking for. Simply explained. Super friendly!! Three thumbs up!!

[@techtimewithtimmy]

Thank you! I'm glad to hear it!

[@queenofcrowleys]

finally, the video that actually helped. thank you so much man!

[@techtimewithtimmy]

You're welcome, I'm glad I could help!

[@theperceptioncoach]

Thanks Timmy you legend, this was very helpful

[@techtimewithtimmy]

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[@Iam_flowerchild]

Thank you Timmy

[@techtimewithtimmy]

You're welcome!

[@rafeedrahman5420]

This is still just file transfer. There can be many other folders inside the folder that we are trying to transfer.

[@stevenburton7922]

Dude you are an excellent teacher! Many Thanks!

[@techtimewithtimmy]

Thank you!

[@uroosaaqil241]

Budddyyy thanks a lot for this simple and effective video👍👍

[@techtimewithtimmy]

You're welcome!

[@uroosaaqil241]

@techtimewithtimmy the main reason i wanted to share whole folders was to clean up space so i want to know will i get space in thee account from where folders are transferred?

[@techtimewithtimmy]

Yes, you can. After you transfer everything to the new account, you can delete the original folder from the original account, and then it will free up space in the original account.

[@waleedmonim2372]

if i remove access for the original google drive folder will it clear space there?

[@techtimewithtimmy]

Yes, it will, it might just take a moment for the storage to update. However, this is an older work around method for transferring files, there's now an official way to do it that's more streamlined. I have an updated video about it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i6qQg3mEi7eDmpI And I show you how you can transfer folders at 13:20 in that video. You can keep using the old method if you like, but the new one might be better.

[@farihaahmedsaki1978]

after transferring the folder of 10gb in another drive new drive storage remain same & 10gb storage is seen in the previous one but why??

[@techtimewithtimmy]

All the files you transfered are probably still in the trash folder on the original account. At the end of this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fH7dlYaarL93rrM I show you how to remove files from the trash. Once you've done that, you might still need to refresh the page and or wait a few minutes, but then the storage useage on the original account should go down. Hope this helps.

[@farihaahmedsaki1978]

@@techtimewithtimmy I removed that from trash also. Result is same.

[@techtimewithtimmy]

Sorry, but I really don't think there's anything else I could suggest. Once the files are removed from the trash they don't exist on that account anymore so they really shouldn't be taking up any space. It could just be that it's such a large amount of files that it will take a while for the storage to recalculate. But even if that's the case it should have changed by now.

[@gwyndavies]

After more attempts of find the answer I've notice someone else had an icon that appeared labelled 'add to my drive' instead of a dropdown list. However, that icon doesn't appear for me either.

[@gwyndavies]

Thanks for your reply. This is what I'm trying to achieve. I want to expand my Google Drive storage to 200GB so that I can back-up some of my photographs (I'm an amateur photographer). However I no longer have that much space on my C drive to accommodate a larger Google Drive folder. Therefore I have opened a second google account but no second folder has appeared on C drive. If it had, I'd hoped to move it to a larger external drive. With the help of another youtube video (How to move Google drive folder from C to D - KZbin) I went through those instructions and all seem to go to plan but I suspect that hasn't worked (Therein lies the problem I suspect.) I then followed the instructions on your video and tried to move files across but alas it won't let me copy them. Once I get all this sorted out, I plan to purchase the 200GB of storage and hope that this new Google Drive folder would expand to 200GB. (I've just realised that I'll need to be careful that I make that purchase via the most recent account using the second email address.) Any guidance you can offer would be gratefully received.

[@techtimewithtimmy]

Sorry, I'm a bit confused, are you trying to sync two different Google Drive accounts with the one computer? Because I'm not sure that's possible.

[@tarsharimehta4886]

What if there are multiple folders inside the shared folder

[@techtimewithtimmy]

Unfortunately, you would have to repeat the process for each of those folders. This video shows an old workaround method, there is now an official method that is a bit easier and more streamlined, and I show you how to do that in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i6qQg3mEi7eDmpI (skip to 13:20 for transferring folders) But you would still have to repeat the process for each folder with that method. The other option would be to download and re-upload all the files. You could select the folder you want to download and click download, then it would download a zip file containing all the files in their original folder structure, and you could then extract them from the zip file and use the "upload folder" feature in Google Drive to re-upload them all to the new account. This would allow you to more easily transfer everything across with all the internal folders, but it does mean waiting for files to download and upload, and having to deal with zip files.

[@elsabevanwyk7226]

Thank you! This helped a lot!

[@techtimewithtimmy]

You're welcome, I'm glad I could help!

[@MOE.KA1S]

great video thank you so much.

[@techtimewithtimmy]

Thank you!

[@rinilagosse6248]

Thank you this is awesome and helpful

[@techtimewithtimmy]

Thank you, I'm glad to hear it!

[@mdsimone7615]

Thanks Timmy. It's work.🎉

[@techtimewithtimmy]

Great, I'm glad I could help!

[@techtimewithtimmy]

Great, I'm glad I could help!

[@_soomang]

thank you so much 👍👍

[@techtimewithtimmy]

You're welcome!

[@mohammedrofique2163]

Sir,welcome and how to transfer other folder?

[@techtimewithtimmy]

Sorry, I'm not sure what you mean.

[@Imasharodrigoagain]

But it still uses the storage of the old drive ? how to transfer it?

[@techtimewithtimmy]

Once you've completed the process, the files will be taking up space in the new account. As well as the old account, but then you can delete the files from the old account, and they will only be in the new account. However, this is an older work around method for transferring files, there's now an official way to do it that's more streamlined. I have an updated video about it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i6qQg3mEi7eDmpI

[@Shadoufang]

It's actually still file transfer, not folder transfer T_T If I have a folder with dozens of subfolders within subfolders, that's a whole different story. It's still manually creating new folders in the destination, then manually moving files into each corresponding folder. This is a chore because Google disabled the "make copy" of a shared folder that was previously available. Super pain in the @&$. T_T

[@irfankhanpatan4415]

So Simple ..THANKS

[@techtimewithtimmy]

I'm glad I could help!

[@farmgirl768]

But can I delete the folder from the first account?

[@techtimewithtimmy]

Yes, once you've completed the process

[@gwyndavies]

I don't know if it's because of a change following an update in the last 8 months but when I try and make a copy of the files I've shared to my second google drive the dropdown list doesn't offer me the option of making a copy. So I'm stuck half way. Is there a way through?

[@techtimewithtimmy]

That's strange, things do sometimes change in Google Drive, but I've just checked again on my computer and the "Make a copy" button is still there. So I'm sorry, but I really don't think there's anything I could suggest.

[@lasadchiheb2177]

It's working 100% Thanks a lot!

[@techtimewithtimmy]

No problem, I'm glad it worked! 👍

[@leodebrito5894]

Works only with files. I have a folder with sub folders and I can`t find an option to copy it.

[@techtimewithtimmy]

Oh, I didn't think about folders within folders. I think the only way to do that would be to separate all the folders and move them individually, then put them back together in the other account. But that sounds like a long frustrating process. So if your internet is up to the challenge, the best way might just be to download and re-upload everything.

[@leodebrito5894]

@@techtimewithtimmy Yea, that´s what I did. Download and re-upload them. Just finishing it now. :) It is very frustrating that Google don`t allow us to simple move it from one drive to another. Anyways, thanks for the feedback.

[@majedmsx1175]

Thanks Timmy

[@techtimewithtimmy]

You're welcome!

[@TheoneQ]

But I have files on top of each other, what is the solution?

[@techtimewithtimmy]

Sorry, I'm not quite sure what you mean, how are the files on top of each other?

[@alawra]

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[@techtimewithtimmy]

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[@TiffanyPaddock-rd5hm]

Thank you!

[@techtimewithtimmy]

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[@leanna-w2t]

thank you!

[@techtimewithtimmy]

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[@yamnajamal1429]

So helpful

[@techtimewithtimmy]

I'm glad to hear it!

[@rambo7093]

thank u so much...

[@techtimewithtimmy]

You're welcome! 👍

[@practicalmoney6400]

The point is when you have thousands of file in a folder and many folder as that this will not help

[@techtimewithtimmy]

This is an older work around method for transferring files, there's now an official way to do it that's more streamlined. I have an updated video about it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i6qQg3mEi7eDmpI

[@kamithagunarathna6421]

Thanx

[@techtimewithtimmy]

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