Google Drive Link Expiration

[jwein]

I know it's possible to put an expiration date on file/folder access you share with individual people in My Drive (should be available in Shared Drives too but that's a whole other discussion). But currently there is no way to put an expiration date on public links that you create. This seems like a massive security flaw and a basic feature that is already available on every competing cloud document storage platform. Is this something that is planned to be implemented anytime soon? And how do other organizations monitor the files that are readily available on the web with these public links? Over time, I can foresee this becoming a massive compliance nightmare. Thanks. 

[dominik]

Yes it is possible for view access. It wouldn't make sense for edit access as an editor can also edit sharing.

[jwein]

Read what I wrote again. I'm talking about putting expiration dates on public links. Not access you grant to a specific user/person. 

[dominik]

Oh sorry...it's too late here 🙈

In this case this is probably better put into the Feature Request section. @AndrewB 

[jwein]

Thank you...I will do that too.

[alex-ley]

yeah this is a big gap IMO vs other cloud storage options. I tried to request access to the Feature Ideas thing, but it had a page error. Has this Feature been successfully submitted and where could one see the progress / estimation / updates on this? Thanks 

[jwein]

Where do you submit a feature request?

[icrew]

You can submit requests to the Feature Ideas section here. See https://www.googlecloudcommunity.com/gc/Feature-Ideas/gh-p/workspace-ideas-group, and https://www.googlecloudcommunity.com/gc/custom/page/page-id/Workspace-Feature-Ideas-FAQ for how to get access. This will allow it to be upvoted by others and possibly considered as a future feature enhancement.

If you are submitting a feature idea, be sure to explain the problem that you're trying to solve with the feature idea, not just the idea itself. For example, saying "when my users are trying to do 'A', they often get confused by the fact that the buttons to do 'X' and to do 'Y' look quite similar to each other, which leads to this unintended consequence" is far more likely to get fixed than a feature idea that just says "change the color of the button 'Y'".

Cheers,

Ian

[jwein]

Ahh looks like the same place I had already posted a few months ago. I recommend everyone like and comment on it here:

https://www.googlecloudcommunity.com/gc/Feature-Ideas/Google-Drive-Public-Link-Expiration/idi-p/1618...