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  <section id="transfer-ownership">
<h1>Transfer Ownership<a class="headerlink" href="#transfer-ownership" title="Link to this heading"></a></h1>
<p>Users can transfer the ownership of files and folders to other users. Sharing
ownerships of those transferred files/folders will also be transferred.</p>
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<li><p>Navigate to <em>Settings</em> (top-right menu) &gt; <em>Sharing</em>.</p></li>
<li><p>In the <em>Files</em> section, click on <em>Choose file or folder to transfer</em>. A file picker opens, showing all files and folders in the user’s account.</p></li>
<li><p>Pick a file or folder and click on <em>Choose</em>. The chosen file or folder name gets displayed.</p></li>
<li><p>Click on <em>Change</em> to change the choice if necessary.</p></li>
<li><p>Pick a new owner by typing their name into the search field next to <em>New owner</em>.</p></li>
<li><p>Click on <em>Transfer</em>.</p>
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<p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
<p>The username autocompletion or listing may be limited due to administrative visibility configuration.
See <a class="reference external" href="https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/33/admin_manual/configuration_files/file_sharing_configuration.html">administrator documentation</a> for details.</p>
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<li><p>The target user receives a notification where they are being asked whether to
accept or reject the incoming transfer.</p>
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<li><p>If accepted, the target user finds the transferred files and folders in their
root under a folder <em>Transferred from [user] on [timestamp]</em>.</p></li>
<li><p>The source user gets informed about the acceptance or rejection by a notification.</p></li>
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