Transfer ownership

By default, you own the reports and data sources you create in Looker Studio. You can transfer ownership of your Looker Studio assets to someone with a Google Account using the Manage access options in the sharing dialog.

For Google Workspace and Cloud Identity admins

When someone leaves your organization, you can transfer their Looker Studio reports and data sources to another user in your organization, ensuring that you don't lose access to important information. Learn more in Google Workspace Admin Help.

For standard users

Complete the following steps to transfer ownership of your Looker Studio assets.

Before you transfer ownership

You can only transfer ownership of assets that you own.

You must first share the file with the new owner before you can transfer ownership (otherwise, their name won't appear in the list of possible people you can share with).

After you transfer ownership

It may take a few minutes for the system to complete the transfer.

Once the ownership transfer is complete:

  • You'll still be able to edit that asset, unless the new owner removes your access.
  • You won't be able to transfer ownership, even back to yourself. So be sure you enter the new owner's address accurately.

Transfer a data source

When you transfer ownership of a data source, the data credentials remain intact. This ensures that data sources using Owner's credentials will continue to provide data to reports as they did before the transfer. The new owner can change the credentials to use their credentials by reconnecting the data source.

You can manually revoke your credentials after the transfer. The new owner will need to reconnect the data source to use their own credentials to access data.

How to change ownership

  1. Sign in to Looker Studio.
  2. View or edit the asset you want to share.
  3. Click person_add Share. The Share with people and groups dialog appears.

  1. Click the role drop down next to the person to whom you wish to transfer ownership, then click Make owner.
  2. Confirm your decision by clicking Yes.

Limits of ownership transfer

  • Ownership of CSV file upload data sources can't be transferred to another user. Those data sources must be recreated.

Ownership transfer limits for Google Workspace and Cloud Identity

  • You can only transfer ownership within your domain. For Google Workspace and Cloud Identity users, this means transferring to another person in your organization. For standard (non-Google Workspace/Cloud Identity) users, this means transferring to another standard user.
  • Looker Studio assets belonging to deleted users are permanently deleted after 20 days. To avoid losing data, you must transfer ownership of these assets within 20 days of the user's deletion. For more information, see Delete or remove a user from your organization.

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