Delete Member from Shared Drive

Definition

The "Delete Member from Shared Drive" action removes a specified member from a shared drive in Google Drive. This is useful for managing access and ensuring only authorized users have access to shared files. It supports execution as a domain admin to remove users across multiple drives.

Example Use Cases

🔹 Revoking Access for Departed Employees
Remove former employees from shared drives to prevent unauthorized access to company data.

🔹 Managing Project Access
Remove team members from project-specific shared drives once their involvement is complete.

🔹 Enforcing Security Policies
Ensure compliance with security policies by revoking access to sensitive data when necessary.

🔹 Restricting External Collaborators
Remove external users after their collaboration period ends to maintain data security.

Inputs

🔹 Connection – Authenticates and connects to your Google Drive account.

🔹 Execute as Domain Admin – If set to true, the request will be executed as a domain administrator, applying changes across all shared drives where the requester has admin privileges.

🔹 Drive ID – The unique identifier of the shared drive from which the member will be removed. It can be found in the shared drive URL in Google Drive.

🔹 Member Email – The email address of the user whose access will be revoked from the shared drive.

Example

A company is restructuring its teams, and an employee is moving to a different department. The IT admin needs to revoke their access to the previous department’s shared drive.

1. The admin retrieves the Drive ID of the shared drive.
2. They enter the employee’s email in the Member Email field.
3. The action removes the user from the shared drive, ensuring they no longer have access to confidential files.