Sharing suggestions help your users share content in Google Drive faster and more efficiently, and can help reduce over-sharing. The suggestions respect your organization's sharing policies and don't include people outside your organization (even if a user has shared with them before). Sharing suggestions are turned on by default for your organization, but you can turn them off or back on in your Admin console.
How sharing suggestions work
When a user shares a file, they get a list of suggestions, usually other users they frequently share with. If you turn off sharing suggestions, it doesn’t affect any suggestions users get when they enter text for another user’s name.
Turn sharing suggestions on or off
Before you begin: If needed, learn how to apply the setting to a department or group.
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In the Google Admin console, go to Menu
Apps Google Workspace Drive and Docs.Requires having the Service Settings administrator privilege.
- Click Sharing settings Sharing suggestions.
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(Optional) To apply the setting only to some users, at the side, select an organizational unit (often used for departments) or configuration group (advanced).
Group settings override organizational units. Learn more
- Check the box to turn on sharing suggestions, or uncheck to turn them off.
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Click Save. Or, you might click Override for an organizational unit.
To later restore the inherited value, click Inherit (or Unset for a group).