Quick Question About Drive
Added 2024-03-05 02:21:21 +0000 UTCDoes anyone here that does not have GMAIL know if you can a restricted drive folder even without having a Google account?
For example: if I have a hotmail account or a naver account, and I get invited to a folder on Drive, can I actually access it without creating a gmail account?
It's a genuine question because someone said it was possible but... whenever I try it, it asks me to create a Google account first.
I thought you could only access Drive restricted files using a GMAIL account.
Does anyone know anything about it? :')
Comments
I can only open the file if I'm using my Gmail email
Ricky Huckle
2024-03-05 13:46:02 +0000 UTCWe used Google Drive at work a couple of years ago for some important documents. Even though the other person used a Gmail account, he wasn’t able to open anything until we gave the permissions and stuff. The others like Hotmail, etc. couldn’t see anything either because it asked for a Gmail account directly. But we haven’t used it for a while and I don’t know if any changes have been made after that.
bihtress23
2024-03-05 08:55:24 +0000 UTCUgh, Drive is so confusing… looking through Google Support pages, apparently you can “link” an email to Drive even if it’s not Gmail, but you have to create a password like you would do creating a new account… that’s just so confusing to me
Tsuki Iwamoto
2024-03-05 03:06:13 +0000 UTCSo I restricted a random video in my drive, the I couldn’t share the link to anyone that didn’t have a Gmail, but I was able to copy the link and send it. I copied the link and sent it to my iCloud email, I made sure to sign out of drive on my iPad so it wouldn’t open the link through there somehow., but I was able to view the video, again that was just a link to a video, idk if it would work the same with an entire folder
Legacy
2024-03-05 02:40:05 +0000 UTCThat..I’ll have to get back to you on. I’ll have to try it myself and see how it goes
Legacy
2024-03-05 02:26:08 +0000 UTCBut I think that's only if the link is open for everyone, right? If I want to restrict access, people invited to the folder need a gmail (that's what I thought)
Tsuki Iwamoto
2024-03-05 02:24:58 +0000 UTCNon Gmail users can access Google Drive files and folders via a link sent to them..I’m 85% positive
Legacy
2024-03-05 02:23:43 +0000 UTC
