If Account A shares their files with Account B and then Account A is disabled - what happens to the shared files? Can Account B still access and edit the shared files?
If Account A shares their files with Account B and then Account A is deleted - what happens to the shared files? Can Account B still access and edit the shared files?
Best answer by Biju J
If Account A shares their files with Account B and then Account A is deleted - what happens to the shared files? Can Account B still access and edit the shared files?
I have to disagree on that answer provided above. The document shared by Account A will get deleted permanently and removed from Account B within a few minutes.
Today I have tested this scenario by creating a folder in Account B and sharing it with Account A. Then using Account A I did create a new diagram in that shared folder which shared the document with Account B.
Then I deleted Account A and for approximately 5 minutes I was able to view that newly created document in Account B but eventually that diagram disappeared from Account B.
Hi Chris
Thank you for posting in the community! In both cases Account B should still be able to access and edit the shared files although Account A remains the account owner. Thus if Account A wants to remove documents they should do so before account deletion in order to fully remove the document.
If Account A shares their files with Account B and then Account A is deleted - what happens to the shared files? Can Account B still access and edit the shared files?
I have to disagree on that answer provided above. The document shared by Account A will get deleted permanently and removed from Account B within a few minutes.
Today I have tested this scenario by creating a folder in Account B and sharing it with Account A. Then using Account A I did create a new diagram in that shared folder which shared the document with Account B.
Then I deleted Account A and for approximately 5 minutes I was able to view that newly created document in Account B but eventually that diagram disappeared from Account B.
+20@biju j Thanks for posting - the behavior you described is correct! When a user is deleted collaborators who had access to a document that a collaborator shared will lose that access. This functionality has updated since this original post was created in 2018 - apologies for any confusion.
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