Transfer Ownership of Documents

Transfer Ownership of Documents

In an organization, a person moves from one team to another or decides to leave his / her current post. He may have files / folders that are important and confidential, and needs to be transferred to another member in the organization. Zoho Docs lets you Transfer Ownership of document / folder from one member to another in a few clicks. This action has to be performed by the administrator.


Just follow these simple steps to transfer the ownership of your documents / folders:

  • In the top right corner of Zoho Docs homepage, click the Settings icon
  • In the settings drop-down list, choose Admin Panel
  • Go to Admin Governance.
  • Select Transfer Document Ownership or Transfer Folder Ownership.
  • In the Owner search box, enter the username or email address of the person you wish to transfer your document's ownership.
  • Click Submit.
  • Under Document Owner, select the check box of the document(s) you wish to change the ownership.
  • Click the Change Owner button.
  • In the Change Owner dialog box, enter the user name of the concerned person you wish to assign as an owner to your document(s) in the Change to user search box.
  • Click Change Owner.

Your document's ownership is successfully changed.

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