I was looking for a way to copy shared folders in gdrive. Google requires you to download first and then copy - which is of course lot of work and lot of broadband DATA - someone suggested you could do this through google colab . Create a new Google Colaboratory Notebook Mount your Google Drive from google.colab import drive drive.mount('/gdrive') Copy via shell !cp -r '/gdrive/My Drive/src/.' '/gdrive/My Drive/dest' share improve this answer follow A second alternative was Download extension from here. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/drive-migrator/nakklajdcijlkfagghhcdofbgbhddoed?hl=en Step1 : Install extension in chrome browser. Step2 : Open your Google drive account (primary) where all your file exists. Step3 : Share that particular holder to your secondary Gmail account. Step4 : Open your secondary Gmail account, select the shared folder and copy all the files with the extension. Step5 : Now go to Primary accoun...