How to Transfer a Google Cloud Project Between Accounts with Billing Ownership?

[JPres]

Hi Google Cloud Community,

I'm seeking advice on transferring a Google Cloud project, complete with all configurations and setups, from one Google Account to another. Specifically, I want the billing to be managed by the new account. Are there methods to achieve this, perhaps by having both accounts under the same organization? Any guidance would be appreciated.

[jeffreywolfe]

Hello,

it requires specific steps. Here's a clear and actionable approach:

1. f the accounts are under the same Google Cloud organization, transferring ownership and billing is more straightforward. If not, consider linking both accounts to the same organization by working with your organization admin.

2. Go to the Google Cloud Console for the project you want to transfer. Navigate to IAM & Admin --> IAM and add the new account as a Project Owner role. This grants the new account full administrative rights to the project.

3. In the Google Cloud Console, go to Billing and select your project. Change the linked billing account to the new account’s billing setup. You can only select billing accounts that the new account has access to. If a new billing account needs to be created under the new account, do so first in Billing ---> Manage Billing Accounts.

4. After confirming that the new account has full ownership and billing responsibility, you can remove the original account's access via IAM & Admin > IAM

5. Ensure that all resources, APIs, and configurations (compute instances, storage buckets) remain intact and are accessible from the new account.

If the accounts are not part of the same organization and you’re unable to link them, you might need to migrate the resources manually by exporting data or configurations, re-creating setups in the new account, and switching DNS or endpoints to the new project.

Hope this helps

[paulynann · Accepted solution]

Hi @JPres,

In addition to @jeffreywolfe's response, to move an existing project to a new billing account, you must be an owner of the project and a billing Admin or Project Manager on the destination billing account. Also, if you're looking for more detailed documentation, you might want to check out the documentation here.

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