(I am using Dark Reader here, so it will be black text on a white background for you) Right-click on the filename, and a context menu list of actions will show up:Ĭlick on “Report abuse”, and you’ll see something like the below. I take that back the method of reporting spam is slightly different than in the article above. In the interim, users who are experiencing similar issues can remove themselves from the folder, and the folder should not reappear in either “My Drive” or “Shared with Me” unless they revisit it.” - Google Spokesperson Īnd the situation hasn’t changed since HowToGeek’s article that details the whole thing. In light of this issue, we are evaluating changes to our spam, abuse, and blocking features that will prevent this kind of activity from taking place on Drive. Unfortunately, this was not the case for this user and we sincerely apologize for her experience.

“For the vast majority of users, the default sharing permissions in Drive work as intended.

Google’s known about this for a while – and issued a statement two years ago stating:

Google drive spam for shared