View Permissions

    On the View permissions page, you can view the name of the object for which you are viewing permissions above the table.

    View permissions page.

    The users and groups who have permissions to the object are listed in the table.

    • User/Group – The user or group that has permissions to the object, or the shared link to the object. Click the group name, and the View group members window appears listing the group members in the table. You can click the photo of the user or group in the table to view additional metadata. You can also click a group name to view all members in it.

    • Role – The user or group’s role to the object.

    • Type – The type of the user or group.

    • Expiration time – If the object is shared via link, the expiration date of the link will be displayed here.

    Click Check permissions, and the Check permissions window appears on the right pane. Enter the name or email address of the user or group in the text box and select the user/group from the suggestion list. The permission details of the user or group to the object are displayed below. Select the roles that you want to remove from the user and click Remove permissions to remove the user permissions for the object.

    Select one or multiple users or groups, and click Edit permission to edit the permission in batch. You can also click Remove permissions to remove permissions from the users or groups.

    Click Set expiration time to set an expiration for the access, or click Remove expiration to remove the expiration from the access. Please note that these actions are only available for objects within user drives.

    Click Refresh above the table to refresh the users and groups listed in the table.

    Click Open in Google Workspace to open the object in Google Workspace.