[3 Ways] How to Add "Shared with me" to "My Drive"

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• Know about "Shared with me" in Google Drive
• How to Add "Shared with me" to "My Drive"
  ► Solution 1. Choose "Add shortcut to Drive" Option
  ► Solution 2. Add "Shared with me" to "My Drive" by Download & Upload
  ► Solution 3. Regularly Add Shared Folder to "My Drive" (Not Shortcut)
• More about MultCloud

Know about "Shared with me" in Google Drive

Google Drive is a free cloud storage service provided by Google. Both individuals and companies can use this free platform to store all kinds of data. With Google Drive, companies can share work documents, excel, videos, etc. with employees so that employees can access these shared project resources anytime and anywhere and have real-time update facilities. In addition, students can also use a dedicated account to better complete their academic tasks.

Google Drive contains two file storage paths: "My Drive" and "Shared with me", where "Shared with me" includes files, folders, and applications shared by someone (friends, family, and colleagues) to you. Assuming that someone has shared files and folders to your account, these shared contents will appear in your "Shared with me" section.

How to Add "Shared with me" to "My Drive"?

At present, as a file sharing service, "Shared with me" is favored by many users, so it is no longer difficult for users to share data in real time. However, when using this service, due to personal needs, some users would like to save or copy "Shared with me" to "My Drive". In the process, some users may not be able to perform the operation accurately.

In order to solve the above problems, users try to find various solutions, but many methods do not give clear steps. Next, this article will introduce 3 practical solutions, with detailed operation steps attached.

Solution 1. Choose "Add shortcut to Drive" Option

One way that many users often use is the file move or copy option built into Google Drive: Add shortcut to Drive. This method is mainly to create a copy of the shared file or folder. After the copy is created, the user can directly edit the content shared by other users in My Drive (if the "Editor" permission is provided to you).

Step 1: Log in to your Google Drive account and enter the "Shared with me" interface.
Step 2: Select the file or folder that needs to be copied, and then click the right mouse button.
Step 3: Select "Add shortcut to Drive" option in the pop-up window, and then select "My Drive".

There is an alternative to this method, which is to use a shortcut: SHIFT+Z. When using the "Shift+Z" shortcut and "Add shortcut to Drive" to add a shared folder to the drive, it will only work if the folder owner has the advanced sharing option "Editor can change permissions and share". If this option is disabled, you will get the unhelpful error message you encounter. E.g:

Solution 2. Add "Shared with me" to "My Drive" by Download & Upload

In order to avoid the above problems, you can also choose a more boring but useful way, namely uploading and downloading. When using this method, you only need to download the material that needs to be moved to the local, and then upload it to the corresponding location. The specific steps are as follows:

Step 1: Enter the main interface of Google Drive, and then click the "Shared with me" icon.
Step 2: Select the file or folder to be moved, then right-click the mouse and select "Download".

Step 3: Then go to the "My Drive" interface, and then select the "Upload Files" or "Upload Folder" button in the drop-down list to upload the data just downloaded.

When using this method, even if the file is deleted or the file owner changes the file permissions, you can still access the information at any time. But this method also has some limitations.

Is there a way to avoid all the above-mentioned problems and support execute the task of Google Drive "Shared with me" add to "My Drive" regularly? A multiple cloud storage manager introduced next may be able to help you.

Solution 3. Regularly Add Shared Folder to "My Drive" (Not Shortcut)

As a web-based cloud file manager, MultCloud supports the regular transfer, sync and backup of data across cloud drives, as well as other basic functions supported by cloud drives, such as: copy to, download, share, cut, paste, delete, preview, rename, copy, etc.

Currently, MultCloud supports adding more than 30 cloud storage services, Dropbox, Dropbox Business, Google Drive, G Suite, Google Photos, OneDrive, OneDrive for Business, MEGA, even adding Shared with me in Google Drive and Shared Drive in Google Workspace separately. With MultCloud, you can easily manage multiple cloud storge accounts.

In addition, MultCloud supports various core functions, such as Cloud Transfer, Cloud Sync, Cloud Backup, and Remote Upload. With the help of these functions, file movement between cloud storage accounts will become very simple, just a few steps. Then, how to add "Shared with me" to "My Drive" with MultCloud?

Step 1: Go to the MultCloud homepage and register an account with an email address. You can also directly click "Try without signing up" to register a temporary account to experience the functions provided by MultCloud first.

Step 2: Click "Add Cloud", select "Shared with me", and then grant MultCloud access to the Google Drive account. Finally add Google Drive in the same way.

Step 3: When adding "Shared with me" to "My Drive", you have two options available, the first is Copy to, and the second is Cloud Transfer.

Option 1: When there are few files to be transferred, you can use the Copy to option. Select the file or folder that needs to be moved, right-click the mouse and select "Copy to" (you can also select the options listed above), and finally select Google Drive as the destination path for file copy operations.

Option 2: When there are many files to be transferred, Cloud Transfer can help you a lot. Enter the "Cloud Transfer" interface, select "Shared with me" and Google Drive as the source path and target path respectively, and then click "Transfer now".

More about MultCloud

With the "Copy to" and "Cloud Transfer" provided by MultCloud, you can easily add "Shared with me" to "My Drive" instead of adding shortcut. After the file is moved, you can edit, move, delete and other operations on the file regardless of whether you have obtained the "Editor" permission.

From the above introduction, you can know that MultCloud not only supports Cloud Transfer, but also supports many advanced functions such as Cloud Sync, Remote Upload, and Cloud Backup.