How to Change Ownership of a Spreadsheet

Learn how to change the ownership of a spreadsheet in Google Sheets, including the necessary steps and limitations based on organizational settings.

Here's how to change ownership of a spreadsheet . The share button in the top right corner. There is a list of people with access and any of these people listed over on the right where it says editor or viewer you can click on the drop down menu and scroll down to transfer ownership . It's going to ask you make this person an owner . Yes, But what will happen is that only people in the same organization as you can be the owner . So you won't be able to do that. That will work if you're on the same domain or Google Workspace account. However, there is one more way you can change the ownership of a sheet. And that's to give someone edit or even view access. Then have them log into the spreadsheet, go up to file, make a copy. Once they click make a copy, this new sheet will be owned by them. 4 Ways to Make a New Spreadsheet Getting Started in Google Sheets Spreadsheet Management Make Spreadsheet Private How to Change Edit Access in Google Sheets