File Search & Auditor for Google Drive™
Selectively search every Google Drive™ you have access to — and find out who else has access too.
File Search & Auditor for Google Drive™ (the "App") is a Google Workspace™ Add-on that searches across all your Google Shared Drives™ (and optionally your personal My Drive) for files matching a search string, and writes the results to a Google Sheets™ spreadsheet — including the dates, file types, sharing permissions, and a flag for files shared externally.
The App is a reporting tool, built for people who need to know where something lives in their Drive estate and who can see it. Useful for tidying up after departed contractors, auditing what's been shared with personal Gmail addresses, or just finding that one file someone swears exists somewhere in the company drives.
What It Does
Searches across all your Shared Drives at once — auto-discovers every Shared Drive you have access to, then lets you tick which ones to include.
Full-text or title-only search — find files by content, exact phrase ("Q3 budget"), or title only (title:budget).
Files, folders, or both — pick what you want to find with simple checkboxes.
Reports who has access — every result row lists the named users and groups with permissions on the file.
Flags external sharing — files shared with "Anyone with the link" or with users outside your organisation are flagged so you can spot them at a glance.
Clickable file links — open any file directly from the results sheet to review or update its sharing settings in Drive.
Works on consumer Gmail too — if you don't have Shared Drives, it falls back to a simple "Search My Drive" mode.
The App does not transmit, store, or share any data outside of your Google account. All searching, processing, and reporting happens entirely within Google Apps Script™ — there are no external servers, no databases, and no third-party services involved. See the Privacy Policy for full details.
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