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# Google Drive: Do this Security Checkup today
- URL: https://www.jeffsu.org/productivity-ping-147/
- Published: 2024-02-16T01:00:13.000Z
- Updated: 2025-09-05T12:56:24.000Z
- Description: #147
- Author: Jeff
- Tags: #newsletter, Google Drive

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## Who has access to your Google Drive files?

Ever since you started using Google Drive, you’ve probably used the “Share” function thousands of times.

Some files are shared with only a few individuals:

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/db/85/db858a9d-1c4f-4993-8042-faa87b9bb3c1/content/images/2024/02/image-5.png)

While some documents are accessible to anyone with the link:

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/db/85/db858a9d-1c4f-4993-8042-faa87b9bb3c1/content/images/2024/02/image-6.png)

But are you confident these sharing settings are still valid after all these years?

**Let's be honest:** We probably forgot to remove access for the majority of these files 😅.

## Reduce oversharing in Google Drive

First, navigate to [“My Drive” in your Google Drive](https://drive.google.com/drive/my-drive?ref=jeffsu.org):

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/db/85/db858a9d-1c4f-4993-8042-faa87b9bb3c1/content/images/2024/02/image-7.png)

Then, click on the “People” filter chip > select “Anyone with the link”

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/db/85/db858a9d-1c4f-4993-8042-faa87b9bb3c1/content/images/2024/02/image-8.png)

You now have a list of folders and files that are basically publicly available:

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/db/85/db858a9d-1c4f-4993-8042-faa87b9bb3c1/content/images/2024/02/image-9.png)

You might want to double check you’re not sharing anything you want to keep hidden 😉

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