So you actually open the file, let your eyes get assaulted by whatever image they sent you, and try the menu there. Your first attempt is obviously to click the three-dot kebab menu on the notification in Google Drive. The interface is just horribly designed and nonsensical, as is tradition. While I wouldn't put this past Google, it actually isn't true. So you click around through the confusing menus and conclude there's no way to report spam in Google Drive.
However, you're an unrelenting optimist and you want to at least try to to coax the black box of Google's algorithms into maybe doing something to space others this annoyance. You know Google doesn't care about you at all and there's no chance you'll ever get a human being to ever help you with this barrage, as is tradition. These typically say something about how hot local singles just want you so bad and come with porn images to try to lure men with zero willpower into clicking some link that I'm sure eventually leads to you letting some person on the other side of the world do horrible, malicious things to your computer. It adds that there is no admin control for the blocking feature.If you're anything like me, you've spent the last week or two getting spam notifications on Google Drive almost every day. “For years, Drive has been an uncontrolled mess of spam for some users, and the only solution has been to use the entire service less and block it from sending emails and notifications,” ArsTechnica says.īut Google states: “User blocking will not only preserve Drive sharing’s helpfulness, but most importantly preserve the safety of Drive users.” “It’s like email, but while Gmail has plenty of spam controls, Drive has historically had very few,” the article states. Google’s announcement did not meet with universal applause.ĪrsTechnica said in a headline that “Google is finally doing something about Google Drive spam,” and then said the solution is “woefully inadequate.” The rollout began on July 22 and will be phased in gradually over a period of 15 days.
The feature is available to all Google Workspace customers, G-Suite Basic and Business customers, and holders of personal Google Accounts. Remove another person’s access to your content even if you’ve previously shared it with them. Remove all existing files and folders shared by another user. Google says the new tool allows a user to:īlock another user from sharing any content with you in the future Google is rolling out a function that allows users to block other users in Google Drive, Google said in a blog post last week - two years after announcing that it was working on the issue. Consumers who are tired of receiving X-rated offers and other types of spam have a new tool.