Google drive unable to share

Question

I cannot share on my google drive. I've tried all the usual stuff (turning it off and on again, clearing cashe, cookies etc.), and all I get is the message

Sorry, sharing is unavailable at this time. Please try again later.

Any ideas?

Jitter

Answer 1

Clearing cookies and browsing history fixed this for me.

Moynihan

Answer 2

For the Google doc giving this error, simply closing its web browser tab then reopening it (in the same browser including profile) cleared up this error & others in my fix result P2IK6O(internal id) of my 1 of 1 case so far of this seemingly very rare error, a solution inspired by the other 3 answers on this page and suggesting this was from some rare bug in Chrome and/or Google doc/Drive sharing.

Alamein

Answer 3

For sure it is something to do with browser settings, I would suggest upload your docs via laptop or desktop and you can later share it from mobile device. This is not the actual solution but a work around. Hope this will help.

Quipu

Answer 4

Try with another browser to see if it works.

if YES: clear all the cookies and history of the browser you're using now and check again.

if NO: something might be wrong with your google account settings. (Try another account on the same computer.)

Amid

Answer 5

I have tried opening the same link using Incognito, and that worked.

Google also recommends that you clear your browser data, this can be done here: chrome://settings/clearBrowserData

Gerenuk

Answer 6

Make sure you created the folder (that you wanna share) inside "Shared" tab. This worked for me.

Culbreth

Answer 7

I logged out of Google Drive and logged back in, and this resolved the issue for me.

Quotient