How do I move a Google Slides presentation to other Google Drive account
February 3, 2021 9:08 AM Subscribe
I am trying to move a Google Slides presentation from one account's Google Drive to another account's Google Drive. The only solutions I'm seeing online tell me to download the file and then upload the file, but downloading the file turns it into PowerPoint and I don't want that. How do I preserve the Google Slides format while moving it to a different account's Drive?
The two accounts are at the same place but are owned by different logins - think the Slides are in the Drive for "workplace@nameofworkplace.com" and I want to move it to "myworkaccount@nameofworkplace.com." So I have to do two different logins and I can't figure out how to move it while preserving the format.
The two accounts are at the same place but are owned by different logins - think the Slides are in the Drive for "workplace@nameofworkplace.com" and I want to move it to "myworkaccount@nameofworkplace.com." So I have to do two different logins and I can't figure out how to move it while preserving the format.
If you share it with the second account first and then go back into the Sharing settings a second time, there should be an option to switch the second account from editor to owner.
posted by verity kindle at 9:18 AM on February 3, 2021 [3 favorites]
posted by verity kindle at 9:18 AM on February 3, 2021 [3 favorites]
On Drive, go to the file in question, right click (or whatever you need to do to get to "Share").
Choose Share.
Add the account you ultimately want this to belong to if it's not there, save.
Access sharing again, look for the account you want to own the document. Look on the right where it says "Editor" "Viewer" etc. Click on the dropdown carat.
Choose "Make Owner"
I think you have to accept ownership on the other side, but this will transfer the doc from one account to the other.
posted by Medieval Maven at 9:19 AM on February 3, 2021 [3 favorites]
Choose Share.
Add the account you ultimately want this to belong to if it's not there, save.
Access sharing again, look for the account you want to own the document. Look on the right where it says "Editor" "Viewer" etc. Click on the dropdown carat.
Choose "Make Owner"
I think you have to accept ownership on the other side, but this will transfer the doc from one account to the other.
posted by Medieval Maven at 9:19 AM on February 3, 2021 [3 favorites]
Response by poster: there should be an option to switch the second account from editor to owner
Add the account you ultimately want this to belong to
Sorry I was unclear. I don't want to make me the owner; I just want to have a copy on my drive, and leave the original where it is.
posted by tzikeh at 9:37 AM on February 3, 2021
Add the account you ultimately want this to belong to
Sorry I was unclear. I don't want to make me the owner; I just want to have a copy on my drive, and leave the original where it is.
posted by tzikeh at 9:37 AM on February 3, 2021
Best answer: You can share it with the second account, and then you will have access from both accounts. However, in that case, is not a copy - it is the same file, so changes made in one will show up in the other. (It will be in "shared with me" in the second account)
If you want 2 separate files, then you can share, and then right click=>make a copy. You can then choose where to put this second copy within your new my drive.
posted by scorbet at 9:46 AM on February 3, 2021 [4 favorites]
If you want 2 separate files, then you can share, and then right click=>make a copy. You can then choose where to put this second copy within your new my drive.
posted by scorbet at 9:46 AM on February 3, 2021 [4 favorites]
Best answer: Neat trick: look at the URL of your presentation, find the word "edit," and change it to "copy." Then copy/paste this new URL into another tab, and it will prompt you to make your own copy of the presentation, leaving the original untouched.
Pretty sure this works with all Google "Office" apps, like Slides, Docs, Sheets, Forms, etc.
posted by gettingpaidforthis at 1:59 PM on February 3, 2021 [4 favorites]
Pretty sure this works with all Google "Office" apps, like Slides, Docs, Sheets, Forms, etc.
posted by gettingpaidforthis at 1:59 PM on February 3, 2021 [4 favorites]
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posted by Captain_Science at 9:14 AM on February 3, 2021 [8 favorites]