| Delete Google Drive Folder | AJWan | 4/27/12 4:12 PM | Can somebody please tell me how to delete the root Google Drive folder (or any other root folder associated with Google Drive), and everything else in it, in Windows (XP)? I mistakenly created a Google Drive folder in a wrong folder within my hard dr |
| Re: Delete Google Drive Folder | AJWan | 4/27/12 4:25 PM | Never mind, I got my network administrator to do it for me. At any rate, is this restriction the norm? Thanks. |
| Re: Delete Google Drive Folder | Dr Jim | 4/28/12 10:30 AM | I need help from someone: I got rid of Google drive but it still comesup in the Task Bar asking for a disk, etc. How do I clean up the rest of it. This software is intrusive and conflicts with Norton and Western Digital as well as Seagate. Please sug |
| Re: Delete Google Drive Folder | arunse1 | 5/3/12 11:17 PM | I had this problem occured, but i will do it. First Delete Root Folder, Default placed in your My documents Folder,and just Delete Short Cut in your Desktop , Then You got to control panel- Add or Remove Programs- Remove Google Drive Installed Set |
| Re: Delete Google Drive Folder | mitouch | 7/9/12 5:50 PM | Remove Google Drive open task manager and kill explorer, or alternatively restart then delete |
| Re: Delete Google Drive Folder | mitouch | 7/9/12 5:53 PM | *Tip - if you delete folder in my document while Google drive is installed, than it will also delete files on your Google drive (on the web). |
| Re: Delete Google Drive Folder | zotyo | 10/3/12 1:22 AM | Hi, same problem here on Win 7 Professional (64bit) with only 1 user profile on the op.system (with admin permissions of course) My experience in a few steps: - Created a folder in the cloud ("cloudfolder") and added some files to it - Folder was sy |
| Re: Delete Google Drive Folder | Paul Edgar Juarez Lopez | 10/9/12 12:12 AM | I have the same problem and i couldn't find any solution on th web. Please someone help us with this.!!!! |
| Re: Delete Google Drive Folder | Paul Edgar Juarez Lopez | 10/9/12 2:22 AM | I found a solution that work for me, check the link with the solution given in another forum. https://productforums.google.com/d/msg/drive/MvvnI97_Vq8/rl_C5lPoo3YJ Good luck!!! |
| Re: Delete Google Drive Folder | waspsatmydoor | 10/18/12 7:59 AM | Click on the Main Heading---"My Drive" (it's colored red). Everything on your drive will appear in the primary window (without any organization). Find the root/main folder you wish to delete and check mark it.When you enter the check mark, the tras |
| Re: Delete Google Drive Folder | waspsatmydoor | 10/18/12 8:10 AM | P.S. BEFORE following my previous instructions, if you first OPEN the folder you plan to delete, then change your sort process to "Sort by Last Opened by Me" the folder in question should appear at the top of the listing of all items when you click |
| Re: Delete Google Drive Folder | Nyan - Support | 11/15/12 7:47 AM | For Windows, please try the following: - Right-click open the folder properties for the 'Google Drive' folder. - Go to Security. (enable this in file sharing settings if you do not see it. It is only available to Administrator accounts) - Grant Full |
| Re: Delete Google Drive Folder | jjakaalbinoboy | 11/17/12 1:54 AM | Nyan, this setting is already on by default in Windows 7 and I am unable to delete my old Google Drive folder! |
| Re: Delete Google Drive Folder | msortland | 12/7/12 9:04 AM | I have done this .... when I delete I get an error (This is no longer located in C: ........... try again ) I keep trying and the same error pops up ... HELP |
| Re: Delete Google Drive Folder | eduardomathias . | 12/13/12 1:41 AM | MINHA SORTE É Q TENHO TI TÉCNICO DE INFORMÁTICA , E ELE INSTALOU UM PROGRAMA UNNISTALLER NESTE APARELHO SEMPRE Q BAIXO ALGO Q NÃO DEU CERTO; ESTE PROGRAMA APAGA MEUS ERROS! |
| Re: Delete Google Drive Folder | Nyan - Support | 12/13/12 7:34 AM | ** Your user account and System need to have Full Control permissions. If it doesn't work for you, you may want to consider using Cmd prompt to delete.:http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/55721-folder-delete-command-prompt.html Let me know if it wo |
| Re: Delete Google Drive Folder | Ilyes Daoudi | 12/26/12 6:41 AM | Thanks Nyan, it worked for me ! |
| Re: Delete Google Drive Folder | JALONDA DAVIS | 1/18/13 10:22 AM | that didn't work for me. after typing the command it says, file not found. |
| Re: Delete Google Drive Folder | Heymazing | 1/31/13 11:24 AM | Why would you say "never mind"?? Didn't it occur to you that others would have this exact same problem? When you post a question to Google, it is not just about *yourself*, FYI. I have been trying for MONTHS now to get Google drive to 1) Function co |
| Re: Delete Google Drive Folder | Tanmayee Mattaparthi | 2/8/13 2:56 AM | Go to google drive select ALL items........mark the folder you need to delete....a delete buton gets appeared in the top.....you can now delete the required items |
| Re: Delete Google Drive Folder | GeorgeKalogeris | 2/13/13 3:03 PM | Here is my solution: Unlink and uninstall Google Drive Rename Google Drive folder or move it under another simply named folder. Go to each one (undeletable) subfolder Right click-->Properties-->Security-->Advanced it states "unable to display curren |
| Re: Delete Google Drive Folder | Timothy McKnight | 2/15/13 10:31 AM | AND ... it will also delete LOCAL copies in places OTHER THAN your google drive folder. More and more folders started sprouting the little blue man and my computer slowed to a crawl. A "mouse hover" on the googledrive tray icon showed that it was att |
| Re: Delete Google Drive Folder | Rio Korah | 4/8/13 10:04 PM | <This message has been deleted.> |
| Re: Delete Google Drive Folder | Aquila Knopf | 4/13/13 4:46 PM | What version of windows are you on? I'm using 7 and none of the steps you've listed correspond to anything. |