Method: drives.update
Stay organized with collections
Save and categorize content based on your preferences.
HTTP request
PATCH https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v3/drives/{driveId}
The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.
Path parameters
| Parameters |
driveId |
string
The ID of the shared drive.
|
Query parameters
| Parameters |
useDomainAdminAccess |
boolean
Issue the request as a domain administrator; if set to true, then the requester will be granted access if they are an administrator of the domain to which the shared drive belongs.
|
Request body
The request body contains an instance of Drive.
Response body
If successful, the response body contains an instance of Drive.
Authorization scopes
Requires the following OAuth scope:
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive
Some scopes are restricted and require a security assessment for your app to use them. For more information, see the Authorization guide.
Except as otherwise noted, the content of this page is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License, and code samples are licensed under the Apache 2.0 License. For details, see the Google Developers Site Policies. Java is a registered trademark of Oracle and/or its affiliates.
Last updated 2025-08-13 UTC.
[null,null,["Last updated 2025-08-13 UTC."],[],[],null,["# Method: drives.update\n\n- [HTTP request](#body.HTTP_TEMPLATE)\n- [Path parameters](#body.PATH_PARAMETERS)\n- [Query parameters](#body.QUERY_PARAMETERS)\n- [Request body](#body.request_body)\n- [Response body](#body.response_body)\n- [Authorization scopes](#body.aspect)\n- [Try it!](#try-it)\n\nUpdates the metadata for a shared drive. For more information, see [Manage shared drives](https://developers.google.com/workspace/drive/api/guides/manage-shareddrives).\n\n### HTTP request\n\n`PATCH https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v3/drives/{driveId}`\n\nThe URL uses [gRPC Transcoding](https://google.aip.dev/127) syntax.\n\n### Path parameters\n\n| Parameters ||\n|-----------|--------------------------------------|\n| `driveId` | `string` The ID of the shared drive. |\n\n### Query parameters\n\n| Parameters ||\n|------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| `useDomainAdminAccess` | `boolean` Issue the request as a domain administrator; if set to true, then the requester will be granted access if they are an administrator of the domain to which the shared drive belongs. |\n\n### Request body\n\nThe request body contains an instance of [Drive](/workspace/drive/api/reference/rest/v3/drives#Drive).\n\n### Response body\n\nIf successful, the response body contains an instance of [Drive](/workspace/drive/api/reference/rest/v3/drives#Drive).\n\n### Authorization scopes\n\nRequires the following OAuth scope:\n\n- `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive`\n\nSome scopes are restricted and require a security assessment for your app to use them. For more information, see the [Authorization guide](/workspace/guides/configure-oauth-consent)."]]
