IOS – How to share a Google Drive file to anyone on iOS

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On iPhone/iOS, is it possible to share a Google doc (or for that matter, any file on Google Drive) with anyone who has the link provided by the "Link Sharing" feature?

I AM able to share with other people who are using my domain/are part of my G Suite.

What I do NOT see is how I can share a file with anyone who has the link.

cannot change to anyone access

I CAN perform this task in the web interface, under "Advanced"..

the web interface works and is easy

but cannot find similar functionality in the mobile app.

Best Answer

If you're the G Suite administrator, you can control whether users can share their Drive files outside your organization. You can also set the default sharing options for new files created by users.

To allow users to share outside your organization to anyone:

  1. Sign in to your Google Admin console.
  2. From the Admin console dashboard, go to Apps > G Suite > Drive and Docs.
  3. Click Sharing settings.
  4. Under Sharing outside of organization, select ON. Users can invite people outside the organization to view, comment on, and edit their files.
  5. Select the options according to what you need.

You can fine tune the sharing settings. Read more at the G Suite docs.

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