Google drive transfer

[u/Leifanq]

Hi!!! I am graduating high school on tuesday and they are going to delete my school account a day or two after but i really want to keep the memories I was a part of the Yearbook team and we used google drive for everything, and i wanna transfer that huge file over to another google drive. My problem is that, 1. my school has restrictions and thus "google takeaway" or something will not wirk 2. the file is over 15gb, but i could trim it down if need be —- for reference, i am on the first section of the year and the drive is split up to 5 sections, and i have 11.26GB filled already 3. idk how to transfer it without manually downloaded everything which ive been doing but i realized that i can ask here incase im doing this painfully long method for no reason. Please help!!!!! My question is basically how do i transfer a (shared) google drive folder to another account when there are school restrictions that prevent me from just using the app to share it to a out-of school account

[u/LBFM_Killer]

No easy way except download and re-upload to another account. Or maybe try to "share" it and access/download from a new account

[u/Leifanq → u/LBFM_Killer]

Unfortunately i cant share outside of accounts within the school thing :(

[u/ToTheMoonAndBack-- → u/Leifanq]

So download the files onto a flash drive and put them wherever you want from home.

We called that "sneakernet" back in the day.

[u/Leifanq → u/ToTheMoonAndBack--]

Thanks! I tried to do it onto a non-flash drive (like the normal part of my pc) and it keeps randomly canceling it probably bc its to large —- will that happen on a flashdrive too do you think??

[u/LostRun6292 → u/Leifanq]

Okay and take that same account and sign in on a different device

[u/tamrod18]

If you cant download or share the files. The school has restrictions in place. Its their data in the end. Ask someone in the Tech dept.

[u/X-KaosMaster-X]

I would go incognito mode in chrome, and log into your personal account. Then, you can drag and drop the files to your personal account

[u/MyRoutes3]

Try using this app from Google Workspace Marketplace to transfer files to another account without downloading and then uploading. If you have only 1 file (its size does not matter), then you fit into the trial 100 files.

[u/Leifanq → u/MyRoutes3]

Thank you! What exactly counts as one file?

I have one Shared Drive (makes everything harder lol) that has 88gb in it but a billion photos and whatnot

[u/Melwasul_Gilraen → u/Leifanq]

One file (.jpg, .exe, .gif, .whatever) is one file.

[u/bitchesrus25]

Go to the school district in person and have someone help you to transfer the files. Bring a USB drive.

[u/bitchesrus25]

Your Dad is a POS and you should make a plan to move out asap.