Bulk remediate and revoke access to files

Auto-response and remediation is best practice, but if you need to revoke access manually to files for any reason — do this in the Explorer. Try this example to familiarize yourself with this process:

1. From the workspace left navigation, click Explorer, then Files.
2. The Explorer uses MQL, a querying language unique to Material. Use the query builder to search for files with issues. In this example, we built the query shared.externally and location.is_my_drive with the Explorer tools:

   
3. Check the boxes for any files you want to revoke access to immediately, then click Revoke External Access:

1. Select the domain(s) to revoke access to:

1. Optionally, revoke Set General Access to Restricted:

This updates the Google setting you'd normally set in the file share settings in Google Workspace that looks like this:

1. Click Revoke.