
If you are looking to share a Google Drive folder with someone who doesn’t have Gmail, you can send the folder or file as an email attachment. So, the user can click the Open button to view the folder’s files without needing to sign in to Google. The email says that it grants access to the attached item without a login required. Click the Share anyway option to confirm.Ĩ. Thereafter, the user you sent the attachment to will receive an email like the one shown in the shot directly below. Click the Send button when you finish writing the message.ħ. Enter some text in the Message box to tell the other user you’ve attached a shared file.Ħ. Next, enter the non-Gmail email address of a user to share the file with in the Add people box.ĥ. Select the Share option on the context menu, which will open the sharing options directly below.Ĥ. Right-click a folder or file to share to open the context menu shown directly below.ģ. If you want to customize your Windows 10 context menu, check out our dedicated article. However, bear in mind that selecting the Anyone with the link option for non-Gmail users will make the file available to users outside your domain.

Thereafter, the user who receives the link for the shared file will be able to view it without signing into a Google Gmail account.


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