When I am deleting a file from Google drive which someone else shared with me, it showed me a message like "one removed file is still accessible by collaborators".
It no longer appears in that folder, but will it be shown in "shared with me"? How can I delete it completely?
tl;dr
To completely delete file in gdrive of owner of the removed file:
is:unorganized owner:me
Explanation:
This is a common problem with Google Drive. Files removed from the Shared folder loses the location pointer and stays on the drive of the owner of the file with lost location property (cannot be accessible in standard way as we browse files in Google Drive).
The removed file can be found by searching for it by name or content, or using suggested the search phrase is:unorganized owner:me
.
A scenario that commonly causes this problem and fix:
Cats pictures
cat.jpg
(and U is an owner of this file then)Remove
removed file are still accessible by collaborators
pops upcat.jpg
is removed from shared folder Cats pictures
cat.jpg
in Cats pictures
folderCats pictures
folder but cat.jpg
is still on U private Google Drive!cat.jpg
it find the file, and it location will be -
(file lost it's location in folder tree).