Google Drive does have a feature to transfer ownership from one user to another within the same domain. This is mainly for the case that a user leave a company, and his\/her account is terminated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, Google does not allow to transfer ownership across the domain. People keep asking for this feature for many years, and there are workarounds \u2013 use drive sync, or use 3rd -party apps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But, there is a by-product workaround (or solution) for this \u2014 Team Drives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Just create a Team Drive (e.g., \u201ctransfer\u201d), add a source account and a destination account as members, then you can move files and folders between the two accounts using the team drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Technically, when you move files\/folders from My Drive to a Team Drive, Ownership of those files\/folders will be changed from the source to the Team Drive. And, when you move files\/folders from a Team Drive to My Drive, Google will change ownership from the Team Drive to the destination account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For files, you can move from\/to a Team Drive freely. But, for folders, you need your GSuite admin to set \u201cMove any files and folder to Team Drive\u201d privilege for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Note: the moving process from\/to a Team Drive is NOT instantaneous \u2013 it takes time. So, if you move a large number of files and folders to\/from a Team Drive at once, you should WAIT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Google Drive does have a feature to transfer ownership from one user to another within the same domain. This is mainly for the case that a user leave a company, and his\/her account is terminated. However, Google does not allow to transfer ownership across the domain. People keep asking for this feature for many years, … Continue reading Google Drive: Transfer Ownership using Team Drive<\/span>