Google Drive Audit & Permission Guides
Practical, step-by-step guides for auditing Google Drive access and locking down sharing across your Workspace. Every guide is free to read — and uses the free DriveAuditr Google Sheets template so you can run an audit in minutes.
Audit & Permissions
- How to Audit Google Drive Access Permissions — Step-by-step walkthrough for auditing every file and permission in your Drive, including Shared Drives.
- How to See Who Has Access to Every File in Your Google Drive — Generate a single spreadsheet listing every viewer, editor, and external user across all your files.
- How to Find Publicly Shared Files in Google Drive — Surface "anyone with the link" files and external shares that often slip through the cracks.
- How to Export Google Drive Permissions to a Spreadsheet or CSV — Three methods compared (manual, DIY Apps Script, ready-made template), plus how to download the results as CSV, Excel, or PDF.
- How to Find and Remove Someone's Access to Your Google Drive Files — The offboarding guide: find every file a departed employee or contractor can still open, and revoke it with confidence.
Security
- Google Drive Security Audit Checklist — A repeatable 10-step checklist covering external sharing, dormant access, ownership, and Shared Drive hygiene.
- Google Drive Access Reviews for SOC 2 & ISO 27001 — What auditors ask for, a step-by-step review process, and a findings-log template for compliance evidence.
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