Questions tagged [google-workspace]

Use for questions about using Google apps features that are specific for Google Workspace accounts. Google Workspace historically was named Google Apps, G Suite (aka Google Suite). Questions about administering services for corporate enviroments and those that require advanced specilized knowledge on email sytems, domain name services, required for professional systems administrators are off-topic. For those questions try Server Fault.

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Why are my 2 separate Gmail accounts receiving the same emails?

If someone sending a mail to account A. Why am I receiving the same email in account B. I checked in 'setting->forward' but there is no relation between two accounts.it happening for each and every ...
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Google Calendar: deleting alert from recurring event invite doesn't stick

I have various recurring events I have been invited to on Google Calendar (GSuite). Some of them are not actually meetings or I am not interested in being alerted for them, yet they come preconfigured ...
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FedEx Tracking in Google Sheets

I work for a company that sends packages out daily. We track the numbers in a Google sheet that populates via a Google form we use. Recently we have had some packages go missing and I have been tasked ...
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What is the time zone for Google's Status Dashboards?

Google has various dashboards like G Suite Status Dashboard, in which they mention dates and times. But is there any way to know which time zone they refer to? For example, here's the current output ...
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Automatically reject conflicting Google Calendar invites

How do I auto-decline invites that are overlapping with the events I have already accepted invite for? Apparently, Google stopped supporting this feature and the Labs features is not even visible to ...
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How to remove horizontal page-break line (dotted and bold) that appear on tables in Google Docs?

Background I used a method described in this answer by downloading the Chrome plugin User JavaScript & CSS by adding the following code: .kix-page-compact::before{ border-top: none; } As a ...
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Gmail assigning Message-IDs with two different domains

I am trying to troubleshoot a mail delivery issue that seems to be related to message IDs for messages purportedly sent from a single Gmail address, to a domain whose mail is handled by G-Suite. Some ...
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Manage G Suite for Client

One of my client want me to help them to purchase and manage G Suite account for them. Meaning, the G suite will be paid using my credit card and they will pay to me. So, how can I have the G Suite ...
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What are the minimal G Suite privileges needed to take over as Super Admin

I am the Super Admin for my company's G Suite and would like to set up permissions for my CEO so that she can take over as (or reassign the) Super Admin should something happen to me. We would like to ...
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Is there a way to verify a username.github.io subdomain (not custom domain) with Google developer console?

I've been trying to register a hobby app project at Google Developer Console. While registering the OAuth consent screen, I'm told that I must supply a domain verified with Google: Now, since this is ...
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Getting root domain SSL to work with G Suite, Google Sites, and Google Domains

I have Google's G Suite newly hooked up to a domain I'll call example.com I have a Google Sites (a new-Google-Sites site) at an address like this: https://sites.google.com/example.com/example I have ...
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send more than 100 emails using thrid party apps in gsuite

I am using G Suite app "Form Confirmation Emails" to send a customized mail in response when a user fills the form and submits their details. Everything is going on well but after 100 emails ...
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Irritation caused by Google-docs autosave notification blinking

How can I disable auto-save notification (document status at the top of the screen) ? It always distracts me during typing even irritated by flickering . If you start to pay attention to that, the ...
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Changing Gmail image next to logo

A customer I inherited has uses GMAIL. When they log in to gmail, at the top right of the screen to the left of their image there is an image representative of their business (seen in the below image ...
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Identifying all Shared Drive permissions of a user

Our company uses GSuite and has over 20 separate Shared Drives for various departments in the company. This causes an IT nightmare whenever we need to revoke access to someone such as a consultant ...
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Is there any way to limit editing in Google Docs?

I'm looking for any way to set the character limit in Google Docs (specifically MS Word-like text processor). So, for example, I have a cell in the table and I want to only allow putting 2000 ...
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How to transfer Google Docs from GSuite to a personal gmail account?

I'd like to transfer all my docs from a GSuite (used to be called Google Apps) account to a personal google one. I see plenty of examples of how to move documents between GSuite accounts, or how to ...
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How to sort mutliple columns by data in one?

I have two columns A and B, A has checkboxes that when set to TRUE it fills the adjacent cell in B green and strikes the text through. I want to create a filter that sorts columns A and B by the data ...
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Linking an Add-On to a Drawing

This must be an odd question...I've searched but haven't seen anyone else ask. It probably seems a little unnecessary, but I'm trying to assign an Add-On (not a script) to a drawing/button that would ...
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How to link to source cell from filter output

I have a simple query that outputs columns A and B of a project dataset, when the value in column A is not empty: =QUERY(Projects!A2:B, "SELECT A,B WHERE A<>''") This creates an easy ...
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G Suite Essentials access (temporary?)

I have signed up for G Suite essentials (the free 3 months) but have decided not to provide payment details and therefore have no access to admin.google.com. I can seem to be able to perform some ...
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Google Sheets for an Automated Shift Bid Process

Hello I am looking for some help because I don't know how to go about this and have been unable to find any resources that guide me on doing what I am trying to do. So I work for an organization that ...
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How do I "enable" and existing e-mail address on my Google account?

I have an existing e-mail address (hosted using Exchange) that I use for my Google account (for Calendar and Docs, etc.) and now want to enable e-mail on that account as well. I've found information ...
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Migrate to another GSuite account with same domain

I work for 'B' which is run along with 'A' and 'C' by the same authority. 'B' wanted GSuite and 'A' offered to help by adding the domain to their GSuite account. So a.edu had a GSuite account under ...
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Export all users' data from Google Drive?

According to this article, as a super admin, I should be able to export data for all users. However, when I visit https://admin.google.com/ac/customertakeout, I am presented with the following screen: ...
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How can I Set the Order on Items in a Chart Legend?

I have these two charts which pull the same data from the same table. The legend items appear in reverse order in the second chart. Anyone know how to make those match?
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Is there a better way to write this ifs statement?

I’m making a calculator for fun in relation to a Roleplay group of mine. Essential a certain number, to number, equals another number. However, the way I’m writing it seems inefficient as I have been ...
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Google Team Drive Doc in my Slack channel shows an old document title and thumbnail when posting, confusing team members [duplicate]

How can I force an update on the thumbnail and doc title? Slack doesn't seem to do periodic re-checks since the first time it cached the info. I've tried the command "refresh" the file, but does not ...
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How do I link to a specific gmail search, google document etc on the correct google apps domain?

I want to provide links to specific GMail folders, GMail messages, Google Drive items etc on a company webpage. Users may have multiple Google accounts and it is not guaranteed that their primary / ...
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Ask Google to remove email ALIAS (from a domain I own) from a GMAIL account

Facts: I have a Google Apps account with my domain: example.com I created a user for my domain: alice@example.com Alice registers alice@example.com as an email alias for her gmail account: alice@...
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In Google Sheet : How to split an amount between specific cell value?

My problem is: I order beers. Beers can sometimes comes by 24, 12, 4 or 1. I am trying to find a way to easily divide an amount to specific cell value and have in a cell the remainder if there is one. ...
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Extract slide titles from google slides presentation to create a table of contents

I need to extract all slide titles from a 100 slide presentation to create a table of contents google document. All the slides follow a strict template so the titles are more or less uniform ...
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Are 'shared drives' available in G Suite legacy edition?

I haven't found anything that would suggest otherwise, but in my drive account (that is managed by a G Suite legacy license) I don't see the 'shared drives' option. Do I need to enable this feature ...
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Run Google Sheets script on multiple sheets

I have a Google Sheets script that's designed to input timestamps whenever there is an edit, but I need it to run on multiple sheets (West, East AND North) on the same drive... How can I make that ...
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Why is Google Drive (web) constantly asking me to allow it to use 1.2 GB of storage on my Mac?

For the past couple of days every time I view folders in my organization's Google Drive account I get the following popup message: Do you want to allow “https://drive.google.com” to use up to 1.2 ...
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Why does my name@mydomain.com Gmail account still works when mydomain.com is now off?

For many years I had a .com domain and an email account with that domain name which I consulted using Gmail. Today this domain is unavailable because I cancelled it, yet I can still consult my email ...
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How to Google Takeout my Shared Drives? (in 2020)

I have spent days migrating all our files into shared drives in Google Drive. After doubling the cost of our service to allow shared drives. Now how do I download all those files as part of Google ...
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How to migrate apps and stuff to g suite from regular gmail account

Summary How can I use my new G Suite identity in my existing Google Apps Script and other google back-end services? Even a vague concept clarification or pointer in the right direction would be ...
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Google Calendar - How to Get Multi-Day Events to Show as Blocks of Time

I'm adding multiple blocks of non all-day, multi-day, events for my upcoming Code Fellows classes. I've found that Google Calendar, in both the week and day view, has no way apparent way of showing ...
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Google G-Suite Marketplace - No results - can't add Chrome Remote Desktop or any Microsoft apps

Sorry if this isn't the right place to ask this, but I can't find anywhere better. I've set my users up with Google G-Suite so that they can use Chromebooks and Chrome Remote Desktop to work remotely ...
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Record only chat in Google Meet

If I record during Google Meet meeting, two files are created in Google Drive - one containing the video, the other one containing transcript of chat. Is it possible to record in a such way that only ...
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Google Forms - Removing email collection renders invisible required field

I just spent some time creating a form, and while brushing over the final details, I tried activating the email field "Collect email addresses in settings -> general" Then I deactivated it and now ...
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Cannot get rid of some space/margins

I'm working on my resume in Google Docs (Word processing) and I'm trying to add my name + personal information at the top, but I'm seeing a line of space above it. As you can see, I'm trying to get ...
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Is it possible to migrate my g-suite gmail accounts to office 365 home?

I bought Office 365 Home because I was using Dropbox and I wanted to switch to OneDrive because it was cheaper. I used my hotmail account to sign up for it. Now, I have two g-suite accounts for my e-...
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Displaying specific column header for cells, based on the cell value and its row header

I have a very large table looking somewhat along the lines of the below example: Date1 Date2 Date3 Date4 Date5 ShiftA ShiftB ShiftA ShiftB ShiftA Person1 x x x ...
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How to transfer files from one Google Drive account to another?

I have a 100 GB, £1.59/month type of Google Drive account that's attached to a domain name I want to terminate. I'd like to transfer the files stored there to one of my free Google Drive account. Is ...
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"IF" Function Question

So I have run into an issue... This maybe simple, but I just can't figure it out. On a spreadsheet on Google Sheets, I need for a cell to populate a total when a certain cell contains another ...
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How do I convert an existing Google account to G Suite?

I have an existing account using an e-mail at a domain I control (e.g., orome@my-domain.com) and would like to convert that account to a G Suite account. I'm unclear on the correct steps to do that ...
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Customized new account letter for GSuite?

I added a new user to Google Suite. After the user is created a pop-up shows the user information (name, e-mail, password). Here it's possible to print a welcome letter that says something like: ...
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