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I have shared a folder in my Google Drive with several contacts.

Can I grant permission to some of them, for them to be able to share with others? (Sort of making them admins of the folders).

This is what I see when I click on any of the members of the target directory. I don't seem to find any way of approaching the issue.

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Can I grant permission to some of them, for them to be able to share with others?

Yes you can.

Case A
(You have already granted with rights)

In this case what they should do is:
Pick the files they want to share and right-click on them.
From the pop-up choose Share and in the new pop-up choose/type the emails they want to share with.

Depending on the rights you have granted to them, they will now see

If they were granted just view rights

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If they have editing rights they will see the following screen instead.

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Case B

If you want to grand rights to some of your contacts for some folders/files.

Step 1.
Pick the files/folders you want to share and right click on them

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Step 2.
Select Share from the pop-up menu

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Step 3.

Click on Share with people and groups

Step 4.
Place your cursor in the Add people and groups box. Your contacts will appear as a dropdown list.
Pick the ones you want or type them and grand them with desired rights.

Step 5.
Share. Enjoy.

(Keep in mind that the 3 offered options are Edit, View and Comment)

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The setting to allow editors to share files applies to all editors. It's not possible to allow to do this to only few of them.

NOTE: Team Drives have more options but they apply at Team Drive level, not at folder level.

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  • I don't even see a setting that allows others to share, even if monolithic for all members. Could you point me to that? Please see updated OP. Commented Oct 13, 2020 at 14:23
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    I saw it in marikamitsos' answer. Commented Oct 13, 2020 at 14:25

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