What is the limit on how many files you change owner for in Google Drive/day?

Question

I have a folder with thousands of files in Google Drive. Now I want to move this folder to another user's Google Drive. First I changed the owner of the root folder but that didn't apply to the files in that folder (very confusing). Now I select a bunch of files, click the share-button and then "Transfer ownership" and finally opens the receiving account where I accept the transfer of ownership.

I have been doing this for a week because after a while I get an error message that I have exceeded my sharing quota.

What is weird is that the number of files I can transfer per day varies a lot:

• nov 12 999
• nov 13 800
• nov 14 748
• nov 15 387
• nov 16 481

What is going on here? What is the limit for how many files you share/transfer ownership of per day? Is there a workaround (e.g., something in the "app store) that allows me to transfer all files in one go?

Answer 1

Other options for changing ownership of Google Drive files:

The method of cross-domain transfer with preserving file IDs using Google Shared Drives is well described here.

Summary:

1. Setup Google Shared Drive.
2. Neutralize files' ownership in the Shared Drive.
3. Assign new ownership.

If you do not have access to Google Workspace (former G Suite), you can take advantage of ready-made solutions available in the Google Workspace Marketplace and also available here as a web application.