Transfer Ownership¶
Users can transfer the ownership of files and folders to other users. Share ownerships of those transfered files/folders will also be transferred.
Navigate to Settings > Personal > Sharing > Files
Click on Choose file or folder to transfer >> A file picker opens, showing all files and folders in the user’s account
Pick a file or folder and click on Choose >> The chosen file or folder name gets displayed
Click on Change to change the choice if necessary
Pick a new owner by typing their name into the search field next to New owner
Click on Transfer
Note
The username autocompletion or listing may be limited due to administrative visibility configuration. See admin documentation for details.
The target user receives a notification where they are being asked whether to accept or reject the incoming transfer.
If accepted, the target user finds the transferred files and folders in their root under a folder Transferred from [user] on [timestamp]
The source user gets informed about the acceptance or rejection by a notification