# Deleting User, Group, Shared Drive, or Organizational Unit from Google Drive App

You can delete a user, a group, a shared drive, or an organizational unit from a Google Drive app. When you delete, backup jobs no longer run on that user, group, shared drive, or organizational unit but the previously backed up content will still remain.

After an entity is deleted, you can browse it for 60 days after the date of deletion. After 60 days, until the retention criteria is met, you can continue to browse the deleted data using the Show deleted items option. After the retention criteria is met, the user data expires.

For example, if data retention is set to 3 months and the user is deleted on January 1, until March 1, you can browse the deleted user's data as active items. After March 1, you can browse the deleted user's data only by using Show deleted items. After April 1, the deleted user's data cannot be restored or browsed.

## Procedure

1. From the Command Center navigation pane, go to Protect > Google Workspace.

   The Google Workspace Overview page appears.

2. On the Apps tab, click the Google Drive app.

   The Overview page of the app appears.

3. Perform one of the following tasks depending on the entity you want to delete:

   - On the Users tab, select one or more users or shared drives or an organizational units that you want to remove, click More, and then click Manage > Remove from content.

   - On the Content tab, select one or more user groups that you want to remove, click More, and then click Manage > Remove from content.

   A confirmation dialog box appears.

4. Click Submit.

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