The person who creates or uploads a Google Docs document is also the owner of that document. However, there might be situations when you want to transfer the ownership of the document to someone else. For example, you can create a copy of a document and make someone else its owner.
When you transfer ownership, you will still be able to access the document and view it.
However, you will not be able to make any edits to it (unless you’re given editing rights, as opposed to only viewing rights) or delete the document.
You also will not be able to make someone else the owner of the document.
Moreover, the new owner can remove you from the list of people with whom the document is shared. If this happens, you will not be able to access the document anymore. Make sure that you are aware of what you would be losing out on if you transfer ownership of your document.
Note that Google Docs (and Google Sheets and Google Slides) doesn’t allow you to share ownership of a document: at any given time, there can only be a single owner. This is why you can only transfer ownership and not share it. Also, you cannot do it from your Android device, iPhone or iPad- you can only do it from a web browser.
With that introduction, let’s look at the steps to transfer the ownership of a document.
2 ways to transfer Ownership of a Google Document
- How to transfer OwnerShip of Single File
- How to transfer ownership of a folder.