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Invite people, or join one

Two ways in — email an invitation, or hand out a link that lets anyone who has it join without waiting for you.

Before you start. You must be the workspace owner or an admin to invite.
  1. Click the person+ button beside the workspace name

    It is in the left rail, next to the settings cog.

    The person-plus invite button beside the workspace name in the Drive rail
    The person+ button, right of the workspace name.v2026-09-01
  2. Two ways in, in one dialog

    A link to hand out, and an email invitation. The link is first because it is the common case.

    The Invite to join workspace dialog, showing Share a link above Invite by email
    Invite to join workspace — the link first, email underneath.v2026-09-01
  3. To hand out a link, press Create a link

    Create a link mints one. Good for a QR on a handout or a message to a group.

    The Create a link button under the Share a link heading
    Create a link mints the join code.v2026-09-01
  4. Read the line under the link before you send it

    It tells you which kind of link you have: either anyone who opens it joins straight away, or it waits for your approval first. If it asks for approval and you would rather it did not, Let them join straight away switches that off. Turn off revokes the link entirely — and with it every copy already handed out.

    The generated join link in a read-only field, with Copy and Turn off beside it
    The link, ready to copy — with the line above saying whether it needs your approval.v2026-09-01
  5. To invite by email, type the addresses

    Several at once is fine — comma, semicolon, or one per line. Each person gets an email to accept.

    The email box for invitations, with a role selector and Send invitation beneath it
    Several addresses at once is fine — comma, semicolon, or one per line.v2026-09-01
  6. Choose the role before you send

    Editor can change pages, Viewer can only read, Admin can also manage members. Pick Viewer for parents and students.

    The role selector set to Editor, beside the Send invitation button
    Set the role before you send. Viewer is right for parents and students.v2026-09-01
  7. Need to remove someone later?

    Advanced member management at the bottom opens the full console, where roles change and access is revoked.

    The Advanced member management link at the foot of the invite dialog
    Advanced member management opens the full console.v2026-09-01
You'll know it worked. The person appears in the member list, and what you share with the workspace is theirs to open.

Been sent a link? Open it and press Join — the rest of this page is for the person doing the inviting.