A Message From ACC’s Office of Information Technology:

Austin Community College District (ACC) is phasing out its Google Shared Drive service for students to better manage storage and ensure business continuity. The change allows us to prevent data and storage from accumulating after students graduate or leave ACC. 

What’s Changing?

Existing ACC-provided Google “shared drive” data that was created by students will be removed entirely so that we can continue improving our infrastructure’s security and performance. Data on all existing student-shared drives will be removed on May 15, 2025. Current and former students are encouraged to download and save any important documents or files from their shared drives as soon as possible. More details will be forthcoming.   

Click here to find out how data can be exported from a shared drive. 

Click here to watch a video to learn how to download files from Google Drive.

What’s Not Changing?

Students can still share files and collaborate using their ACC-provided Google Drive (My Drive).

Faculty and staff will continue to be able to create shared drives and invite students to participate. Faculty advisors can also create shared drives for student organizations, ensuring that collaborative efforts are still supported.

What’s Already Changed?

On December 15, 2024, we disabled the ability for students to create a new shared drive. 

For more information, please access the Google Workspace for Education website. 

For questions: