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Click the “Get shareable link” in the top right corner, which will essentially activate the shareable feature. Once you click the Share button, a the share dialog will pop up. For this section of the tutorial, I’m using the “Share” method. The latter simply generates the shareable link and makes it easy to copy. They both basically do the same thing, though the former offers more options. There are actually a couple of options you can choose: Share or Get Shareable Link. Off: Only specific people can access the file.They don’t have to sign in to their Google account to do so. On (Link): Anyone with the link can download it.Anyone can search for, find, and download the file. On (Public): This basically makes the file public.There’s also a “More” option at the very bottom, which allows you to change the general privacy settings for the file: This is the default action when you share a file, and the best option if you’re trying to share file for download. Anyone with the link can view: Shared users can simply view the file, but can’t edit it in any way.It allows shared users to leave comments if desired-this is great for team projects. Anyone with the link can comment: Again, this is mostly for documents.They still can’t delete it from your Drive, though-this is just for the contents of the file.

Anyone with the link can edit: This is more for documents and such, but this basically gives the shared users full read and write access.

Off: If you accidentally shared the file, use this option to basically un-share it, making it private once again.

You can, however, change this setting using the dropdown menu directly above the link. When you generate a download link, it automatically allows the file to be viewed by anyone with the link. You can simply highly it, then copy and paste it into an email, chat message, or anywhere else.īut there’s still more control here. Once that option is enabled, the link will be populated. In the upper right corner of the Share Settings dialog box, there’s a button that reads “Get shareable link.” Click that.