How to Make Someone Else the Owner of Your Google Doc

Whenever you create or add a doc on Google Drive, Google, by default, makes you the only proprietor and editor of the doc. So, should you want to switch the possession of your doc to another person to make it simple for them to edit or share it, you possibly can tweak the settings. But, when you try this, you will not be capable of switch the possession again to your self, and the brand new proprietor could have the flexibility to take away you and alter entry.

Here’s all the pieces that you might want to know earlier than making another person the editor of your Google Doc. 

Roles in Google Doc

The Owner of a Google Doc can edit, share, delete, take away entry for editors and viewers and even invite others to edit or view it, whereas the Editor of a Google Doc can solely edit and see the record of editors and viewers. They can take away and invite folks if the proprietor permits them to take action.

The Viewer of a Google Doc can solely learn it and equally, the Commenter has the appropriate to solely add feedback.

Change proprietor of a Google Doc

You cannot change the proprietor of Google Docs in your Android gadget or iPhone, so you’ll have to open it in your laptop computer or PC.

1. Open the house display screen for Google Docs and go to that exact doc you wish to switch the possession of.
2. Now, click on the Share button on the high proper facet of the display screen and kind the identify or electronic mail id of the particular person you wish to share the doc with.
3. Then, click on Share. But you probably have already shared the doc then skip this step.
4. Now, to vary the proprietor, return to the Share choice on the high and click on the down arrow out there proper subsequent to the identify of the particular person.
5. Click Make Owner > Yes after which Done.

Now, that particular person will change into the proprietor of the doc and you’ll not have the choice to vary the settings.

For extra tutorials, go to our How To part.

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