Drive-Only Transfer
Migrate only Google Drive data — including files, folder hierarchies, and Shared Drive ownership — between accounts without affecting Gmail or Calendar. Ideal for project handovers, department restructures, and archiving senior staff files.
Google Drive; Shared Drives; Ownership
Same-Domain Offboarding
The IT admin transfers all of Employee A's Workspace data — Drive files, Gmail, and calendar events — to Employee B in a single operation, then suspends or deletes A's account to cut license costs and secure data.
Google Drive; Gmail; Calendar
Cross-Domain & Cross-Account Migration
Moving files from companyA.com to companyB.com (such as during a corporate restructure, rebranding, or domain merger) or from an old Workspace account to a new one.
Full Drive; Owner change
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Only Google Workspace to Google Workspace
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Your files move directly between Google Workspace accounts entirely on MultCloud's servers. Just connect both accounts and let the transfer run automatically without consuming local bandwidth.
Bypass sharing permissions. Easily move "Shared with Me" assets directly into destination Google Drive paths.
Set migrations to run on a daily, weekly, or monthly cadence—perfect for off-peak execution or ongoing cross-domain backups.
Migrate only what matters. Filter transfer tasks by file extensions, specific files, or folders to streamline your Google Workspace migration.
No need to monitor progress bars. Start the process, power off your computer, and let our servers handle the rest.
Move terabytes of corporate data without taking up a single megabyte of local storage or slowing down your office network.
Apart from downloading/re-uploading or using Drive for Desktop, you can migrate Google Workspace data in Drive without downloading or using local disk space via these three native methods.
Requires Super Admin access for the Google Workspace organization.
Step 1. Log in to the Google Admin Console. Go to “Apps” > “Google Workspace” > “Drive and Docs”.
Step 2. Click “Transfer ownership”. Enter the departing employee's email address in the From field and the replacement employee's email in the To field.
Step 3. Click “Transfer Files”. All files will be automatically grouped into a new folder within the target account's Drive.
Suitable for moving files between team members without requiring Admin access.
Step 1. Log in “Google Drive” using the Source Google Workspace Account, then click “Shared drives > New” in the left sidebar.
Step 2. Name the Shared Drive, click “Manage members”, and add the Target Account with Manager permissions.
Step 3. Move or drag the source files/folders into this new Shared Drive.
Step 4. Log into the Target Account, open the “Shared Drive”, and drag the files out into "My Drive".
Ideal for moving a small set of files quickly without Admin permissions.
Step 1. In the Source Account, right-click the folder or files you want to transfer and click “Share”.
Step 2. Enter the Target Account email address and grant Editor access.
Step 3. Log into the Target Account and go to the Shared with me tab.
Step 4. Select the shared files (use Ctrl + A or Cmd + A for batch selection), right-click, and select Make a copy. (Note: The target account becomes the full owner of the new copies.)
Tip: Google Drive does not allow direct copying of entire shared folders; you must open the folder and select the contained files to Make a Copy.
| Feature | Admin Console Transfer | Shared Drive Transfer | Share & Make a Copy |  |
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| Cross-Organization Transfer |  |
Subject to organization policies | Requires sharing and copying permissions | Requires authorization on both sides |
| Required Access | Drive & Docs admin | Shared drive roles and move permissions | File access with copying allowed | Account authorization; admin for Team Transfer |
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| Main Limitation | Same organization only | Policy and role restrictions | Manual copying; recreate folders | Authorization and plan limits |
Beyond files in Drive, a complete Google Workspace migration might also require moving emails. Below are the primary ways to transfer these additional services.
An in-house, server-to-server tool for domain-wide administrative migrations.
Best for: IT admins performing tenant-to-tenant Workspace migrations.
Google Takeout is suitable for manual exports and backups.
Best for: Individual employees performing self-serve manual backups of their own data.
A direct cloud-to-cloud service that backs up and converts your Gmail emails into PDF format directly into your target cloud drive.
Best for: Automated background migration without complex admin setups or manual downloads.
In MultCloud, Shared Drive can be added as a separate cloud connection. So add it from both organizations rather than the standard Workspace connection, which maps to My Drive.
Add the source and destination Shared Drives as separate connections, and rename them to distinguish the two organizations.
In “Cloud Transfer”, select the source Shared Drive, or specific files and folders, then choose a folder in the destination as the target.
Set options like filters, duplicate handling, or schedules, then click Transfer Now to start the migration.
Migrating hundreds of accounts manually is slow and error-prone. MultCloud Team Transfer lets admins authorize domain credentials once and run bulk account-to-account migrations in parallel.
File filtersAuto-match user accountsBatch executionDuplicate handlingDaily, weekly or monthly schedule
Open “Options” and choose how MultCloud should handle existing files, such as skipping, overwriting, or renaming them.
Review the destination Shared Drive’s membership and sharing settings. Folder-inherited permissions may not carry over when content is moved into a Shared Drive.
Remove and reconnect the affected Shared Drive, then restart the transfer task.
Confirm that the connected accounts can access both Shared Drives. For moving folders between Shared Drives, Google requires Manager access to both the source and destination.
Make sure you selected Shared Drive under Add Cloud. Adding Google Workspace alone connects only its My Drive data in MultCloud.
Check the target Workspace’s storage capacity, sharing restrictions, and organizational policies.
| Item | Transfer Ownership / Move Files | Copy / Download & Re-upload |  |
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| Ownership | Subject to organization and destination rules. | New files follow destination ownership rules. | Depends on destination and account mapping. |
| Access Permissions | Usually retained on ownership transfer; moving may change inherited access. | May require resharing; destination permissions may apply. | Depends on permission support and identity mapping. |
| File Links | Usually retained if original files remain. | New links; old links point to originals. | Check file creation and link-update behavior. |
| Comments & @Mentions | Verify access after account changes. | Preservation varies by copy method or format. | Check comments, user mapping, and notifications. |
| Shared Drive Roles | Moving files does not transfer membership. | Members and roles are not automatically copied. | Verify membership and role migration support. |
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box
box for Business
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MultCloud’s Cloud Transfer and Team Transfer focus on cloud files and folders. Plan Gmail, contacts, and calendar migration separately. MultCloud’s Email Migration saves emails as PDFs in cloud storage; it does not recreate those emails in the destination Gmail inbox. MultCloud Email Migration guide
Yes. Administrators can connect the organizations and use “Team Transfer” to map source users to destination users in bulk. MultCloud’s organization-access setup requires a Google Workspace super administrator account and an administrator installation of its Marketplace app.
Yes. Use CSV mappings or manual matching to connect each old account to the correct new account. Auto-Match requires the same username and domain, so it should not be relied on when migrating between different domains.
Do not assume they will all carry over. Before migrating the entire organization, test representative documents and check destination access, existing links, comments, and revision history.
Source deletion is optional. Leave “Delete all source files after transfer is complete” unchecked in MultCloud if you want to retain the originals. Keep the source data until you have verified the destination files and confirmed that employees can access what they need.
There is no fixed timeline. Duration depends on the number of users, file count, data volume, permissions, service limits, and the migration method. Run a pilot with representative accounts to estimate transfer time, then allow additional time for verification and the final switch.
Wait until all required data has been verified, email delivery works correctly, and users can access their files, calendars, and shared resources. Check integrations and retention requirements too. Keep the source environment available for an agreed verification period before cancellation.
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