You can change your privacy settings by selecting 'Change' choosing the appropriate visibility option, and clicking 'Save'.įor more information visit Google Drive Share Settings Overview.If Private appears, document is not visible to all members and staff.Under 'Who has Access' the first listing will read one of the following: Private, IEEE, Public on the web, Anyone with a link, or People at IEEE with the link.The 'Share Settings' window will appear.Click the Google Drive share icon (silhouette with 'plus' sign).It's an image of a person's silhouette with a '+' icon next to it. 1 If you're opening a photo or video, it will open in the same window. Select the empty box next to the file or folder you'd like to check. If the file is within a folder, first double-click the folder to open it.You can follow the steps below to check the visibility settings on your documents: However, keeping the default setting of 'Private,' and granting Visibility permission to users, is recommended as a best practice. This setting can be changed to 'IEEE,' which would allow anyone with an address to find and access the document. All documents you create or upload to Google Drive have their visibility set to 'Private' by default.

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