One of the best things he has Google Drive It’s the ability to share the files you download with other people, and there are two ways to do that that complement each other perfectly and can save you a lot of time when it comes to sharing documents or large files.
It’s a possibility that Google offers to all users in any folders or files that have been uploaded to Google Drive, and it’s a good way to share files that you can’t email because they exceed the size limit.
Also you can do it both from the mobile and from the computer and the tablet, since Google Drive is cross-platform.
Share files with a link
The easiest way to share any file with anyone, since you only have to create a link to the file so that when someone accesses it, it takes them directly to a preview of it in Google Drive. Follow these steps to do so:
- Navigate to the file in Google Drive and press the Options button.
- Click Manage Access.
- Set the option to Restricted or Public.
- Click the link button to copy it to the clipboard.
In this method, you can choose two privacy-based options you want to give to the file you are sharing. One of them will ensure that anyone accessing through the link you created can view and download the entire file.
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Also you can allow anyone with the link to edit or comment from the access options, by pressing the edit button under the file privacy status.
The other option makes the file more private and requires that the person who wants to download it needs both the link and that you send them an email invitation.
Create file sharing invitations
This method, on the other hand, requires you to directly invite the person you want to share the file with, enter your email address on this sharing screen. Follow these steps:
- Navigate to the file in Google Drive and press the Options button.
- Tap the share button.
- Enter the name of the people you want to share it with
If you and the people you send the file to are used to working with Gmail may be the best optionbecause the invitation will arrive by email and you can access it directly from it.
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It is a method with fewer intermediate steps, but in which you will have to write the email of the people you want to share it with, making it more private than the link when it is visible to everyone.
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