Drive: How do I remove myself from a Shared drive in Google?
Answer
Your ability to remove yourself from a Shared Drive in Google is determined by the amount of access the creator of that drive gave you. If you are a manager you should be able to remove yourself. If you are a Content manager, a contributor, a commenter, or a viewer, you most likely will need a Google administrator at LIS to remove you.
If you are a manager of the shared drive, follow the instructions below:
- Open Google Drive in your browser and expand Shared drives by clicking the down arrow.
- Right-click on the name of the Shared drive that you no longer need access to.
- Click "Manage Members" from the drop-down list.
- Click the down arrow to the right of your own name.
- Click "Remove member."
- Check the box that you understand this cannot be undone, then click
"REMOVE." - You may then get either or both of the following "error messages" which are actually a sign that your removal has been successful.
If you are not a manager of this drive, you may contact the manager and ask to be removed. You may also contact LIS at help@carthage.edu specifying which shared drive you'd like to be removed from and we will do it for you.