Tools

Free Google Drive Tools

The jobs Google Drive doesn't do for you: find public links, see who still has access, revoke it in bulk and clear out files nobody can find. Scanning is free, as often as you like.

Every Google Drive tool below runs inside the same Wistorix Chrome extension. One scan fills in the results for all of them, and you open whichever tool you need. Wistorix reads file metadata only (name, size, owner, sharing settings), never file contents, and it never deletes a file or changes a permission until you confirm.

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Sharing and security tools

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See which files are open to whom, and close what no longer needs to be open. See also Sharing risk scan.

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  • Google Drive Public Link Scanner: Find every file set to anyone with the link, including links you sent years ago. Close them in bulk once they're no longer needed.
  • Check Every File You Shared on Google Drive: See every file you've shared and who you shared it with, grouped by email. Find out how many files a former client can still open, on one screen.
  • Bulk Revoke Access in Google Drive: Remove a former client, contractor or employee from every file they can still open, in one click. Choose your whole Drive, one folder or a list of emails.
  • Google Drive External Sharing Report: Clients, contractors, former partners: who outside your company can still open files in your Drive? Wistorix lists them separately after every scan.
  • Google Drive Security Score: One number from 0 to 100 that shows how open your Drive is to the outside. See which groups pull the score down and fix them from the dashboard.

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Cleanup and inventory tools

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Tidy up Drive and get a full list of what's in it without deleting files you still use. See also Free up storage.

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  • Orphaned File Finder for Google Drive: Orphaned files still count against your storage but don't show up anywhere in your folder tree. Wistorix lists them, along with files that sit outside any folder, so you can move them back or delete them.
  • Export a Google Drive File List with Permissions: Need an inventory of your Drive before a handover, for your manager or to check against a client's records? Wistorix lists every file after one scan and exports it as a report.
  • Delete Empty Files in Google Drive: Find every 0 byte file scattered across your Drive, see where it is and who owns it, then delete them in bulk. A tidier Drive, and fewer junk results when you search.
  • Duplicate File Remover for Google Drive: Group every duplicate together, including copies that were renamed or moved to another folder. See how much space they waste, keep one copy and send the rest to the Trash in one go.
  • Find Duplicate Photos in Google Drive: Photos and videos are the files that get uploaded most often: shots sent to clients, phone backups, edited videos exported again. Wistorix groups identical copies so you keep one and drop the rest.
  • Google Drive Storage Analyzer: Know exactly what's filling your Drive: which file types, which large files, how much is duplicates or files nobody uses. Then clean up the right places instead of deleting at random.
  • Find Old Files You No Longer Use in Google Drive: After a few years, most of a Drive is files nobody opens again. Wistorix filters files by how long they've gone unused, so you can decide what to keep, archive or delete.
  • Bulk Delete Files in Google Drive: Google Drive only lets you select several files inside one folder. Wistorix lets you select files from every folder by group, then move them to the Trash in one go.

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Ownership and handover tools

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Hand over Drive files when someone leaves or a project closes. See also Ownership transfer.

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  • Bulk Transfer Ownership in Google Drive: Hand over a Drive when an employee leaves or a project closes: move many files to the new owner at once, keep the folder structure as it is and get a log to check against.
  • Request Ownership of Google Drive Files: Are your team's important files sitting in the Drive of someone who's about to leave, or a contractor's? Ask them to transfer ownership to you instead of making new copies.

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Why Google Drive needs extra tools

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Google Drive stores files well, but it has no built-in way to list every file that's public, see everything one person can open, or remove that person from all of it at once. On a Drive that has been in use for a few years, doing this file by file isn't realistic. These Google Drive tools put those jobs in one place.

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Who these tools are for

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  • Freelancers who share files with a different set of clients every year
  • Agencies that manage folders for many client projects at once
  • In-house teams that need to hand over files when someone leaves
  • Small businesses on Google Workspace without a dedicated admin

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Wistorix works with personal Gmail accounts and Google Workspace accounts, and it doesn't need admin rights.

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Frequently asked questions

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Are these Google Drive tools free?

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Scanning and viewing the results of every tool is always free, with no limit on how many times you scan. A paid plan is only needed when you act on a large number of files.

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Do I need to install several apps?

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No. Every tool lives in the one Wistorix Chrome extension.

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Does Wistorix read the contents of my files?

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No. Wistorix only reads file metadata through the Google Drive API, such as name, size, owner and sharing settings.

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Do the tools work with a personal Gmail account?

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Yes. Wistorix works with personal Gmail accounts and Google Workspace accounts, and it doesn't need admin rights.

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