What happens to a shared drive if the creator's account is deleted?

[erenalleycorp]

I'm helping a company organize their Google Drive use. They created a superadmin account for me.

I will be setting up a series of shared drives for them with their required settings and permissions. Is it ok for me to do this using my account (which is under my name) which will be deleted or archived when I'm done this project?

Or should they create a separate generic account that I can use that they will then change the password to once I'm done?

[KevinApodaca]

Hi @erenalleycorp , Shared Drives are not owned by users, they are owned by the Organization and thus Shared drive files belong to the team instead of an individual. Even if members leave, the files stay in the shared drive so your team can keep sharing information and work anywhere, from any device. You might find the table here helpful in understanding how sharing and permissions work.

[Kennaway]

So to clarify, if the creator of the shared drive – not other members who've contributed to it – leaves an organisation, does the shared drive still remain available to use?

[icrew]

Correct. They do stick around.  That’s the beauty of Shared Drives: they belong to the Workspace instance as a whole, not to any one user. 

[Kennaway]

Great!  Thanks for getting back so quickly. 🙂