As an administrator, you control whether your users can share Gemini skills. A skill is a customized tool that helps users complete repetitive tasks. When you let users share skills, they can send these custom tools to other people.
Shared skills are stored in Google Drive, so the sharing settings for Drive also apply to Gemini skills. This means if you let people share documents outside your organization, they can also share Gemini skills outside your organization. Learn how to manage external sharing for your organization.
How skill sharing works in Google Drive
Drive stores each shared skill as a ZIP file, so standard Drive features apply to shared skills:
- Drive permissions: If a user stops sharing a skill or deletes the skill from Drive, other users can no longer use that skill in Gemini.
- Data loss prevention: You can set up data loss prevention rules to control how users share skill files. Learn about data loss prevention for Drive.
- Download, print, and copy restrictions: You can prevent users from downloading or copying shared skills by restricting those actions in Drive. Learn how to prevent users from downloading, printing, or copying files.
Turn skill sharing on or off
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In the Google Admin console, go to Menu
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Gemini app.Requires having the Gemini Settings administrator privilege.
- Click Sharing.
- For Skill sharing, select On to allow users to share skills, or select Off to prevent users from sharing skills.
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(Optional) To apply the setting only to some users, at the side, select an organizational unit (often used for departments) or configuration group (advanced).
Group settings override organizational units. Learn more
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Click Save. Or, you might click Override for an organizational unit.
To later restore the inherited value, click Inherit (or Unset for a group).