Switch from Dropbox to Google Drive

1. Select the file you want to share.
2. Click Share or Share .
3. Enter the email address or Google group you want to share with.
4. To decide what role people will have on your file, select Viewer, Commenter, or Editor.
5. If your account is eligible, you can add an expiration date for access.
6. Choose to notify people.
   • If you want to notify people that you shared an item with them, check the box next to Notify people. If you notify people, each email address you enter will be included in the email.
   • If you don't want to notify people, uncheck the box.
7. Click Send or Share.

You can choose if your file should be available to anyone or restricted to only the people with access. If you allow access to anyone with the link, your folder won't restrict who can access it.

1. Select the file you want to share.
2. Click Share or Share .
3. Under “General access”, click the Down arrow .
4. Choose who can access the file.

5. To decide what role people will have with your file, select Viewer, Commenter, or Editor.
   • Learn more about how others view, comment, or edit files.
6. Click Done.

1. Open a file in Google Drive, Google Docs, Google Sheets, or Google Slides.
2. Click Share  find the user you'd like to give temporary permissions to.
   • If you haven't shared the file with that person yet, add the user's email and click Send or Share. At the top right of the document, click Share again.
3. Next to the person's name, click the Down arrow   Add expiration.
4. Next to "Access expires," click a date to set as the expiration date. Choose a date within one year of the current date.
5. Click Save.

1. In the search box, enter a word or phrase.

   To help you search faster, Drive suggests search terms and results as you enter text.

2. Click a file suggestion to open it, or click a search suggestion to see a list of results for that search term.

For more details, see the Google Drive Help Center.

At the top of your files, click an option:

• Name—Orders files alphabetically by name.
• Last modified—Orders files by the last time anyone changed a file, or the last time you changed or opened a file.