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Transfer ownership of file added to a shared folder in Google Drive

  • 10 September 2021
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I would like to change ownership of a PDF that a Zap puts into a shared folder in Google Drive but am hitting a wall. 

The applicable part of the workflow is this: 

  • Staff submits a ticket that is emailed to me in Gmail with a PDF attachment
  • Zap puts the PDF attachment into a shared folder in Google Drive
  • Owner of PDF is me, but I don’t want to own it - I’d like to change ownership to whoever submitted it so they can administer the file going forward

Various staff are emailing me tickets and there a number of shared folders the file could be added to. Is this even possible? Thanks for any help!

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Best answer by Troy Tessalone 10 September 2021, 22:26

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Hi @unmanual 

Don’t believe it’s possible to change a File Owner via the GDrive Zap app integration.

You can add file sharing preferences to a file, but not change the file owner.

 

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Thanks @Troy Tessalone

I’ll probably script something with setOwner for the directory at some point but during the meantime I have a workaround by using a zap to email myself a link periodically so I can change the owner from there: 

https://drive.google.com/drive/search?q=owner:me%20parent:[Folder ID]