Drive

Sharing

9.6.4. Managing own shares

In order to organize own shares, you can do the following:

  • edit the existing permissions, e.g. by changing the read permission for a certain user into write permissions

  • add new permissions by granting permissions to an additional user

  • remove existing permissions for certain users

  • remove all existing permissions for all users

How to edit existing permissions:

  1. Click on My shares at the bottom of the folder tree.

  2. Select a share in the detail view. Click on Edit share in the toolbar. A window opens. It displays the granted permissions for each user.

  3. Use the following methods:

    • To adjust a user role, click on the entry in Current role. Select an entry from the menu.

    • To adjust the permission details, click on the entry in Detailed access rights. Select a permission from the menu.

    Note: You cannot change the administrative rights of a personal folder.

    Note: Permissions can not be changed for public links.

  4. Click on Save.

How to add new permissions:

  1. Click on My shares at the bottom of the folder tree.

  2. Select a share in the detail view. Click on Edit share in the toolbar. A window opens. It displays the granted permissions for each user.

  3. Enter an E-Mail address in Add people. The E-Mail address will be added to the list as internal user, group or guest. Preset permissions are granted.

  4. Click on Save.

How to remove permissions for single users:

  1. Click on My shares at the bottom of the folder tree.

  2. Select a share in the detail view. Click on Edit share in the toolbar. A window opens. It displays the granted permissions for each user.

  3. In order to remove a user's permissions, click the Actions iconnext to the user's name. Click on Revoke access in the menu.

  4. Click on Save.

How to remove all permissions:

  1. Click on My shares at the bottom of the folder tree.

  2. Select a share in the detail view. Click on Revoke access in the toolbar.