Is there any way I can allow someone who does not have a Google Account to view/edit my Google Docs? Note that I am not saying I want to allow everyone to edit/view the documents. I want only to allow people with a certain non-Google email addresses to edit/view the documents. Any idea how to do this?
52.8k 42 42 gold badges 165 165 silver badges 312 312 bronze badges asked Aug 5, 2010 at 5:43 1,445 7 7 gold badges 24 24 silver badges 34 34 bronze badgesYou can actually set view/edit permissions to any e-mail address by clicking the Share -button in the upper right but the persons who gets the permissions needs a Google account to use the document.
answered Aug 5, 2010 at 12:11 5,213 2 2 gold badges 30 30 silver badges 26 26 bronze badges@eno, does this mean that I can only invite Google account to edit the document? Because if I invite a non-Google account, how does Google know what is his corresponding google account?
Commented Aug 5, 2010 at 13:56@Ngu Soon Hui: Google sends a link with an auth code. If you click on the link it asks you to log in (if you aren't). After you did this, the document is connected to your account (not sure whether it is possible to use this link again on another account).
Commented Aug 5, 2010 at 14:30You can actually set view/edit permissions to any e-mail address by clicking the Share -button in the upper right but the persons who gets the permissions will have to create a new Google account or sign in with an existing Google account use the document.
Alternatively, you can set the document to be viewed and edited by anyone who has the link to the document (no sign-in required), email the link to the particular email address and request them to not share the link with anyone else.
You can see the screenshots below:
Then, Click on the "Change" button:
Now, select the setting as shown in this screen shot and click on "Save":
Now, Copy the links as shown in the screen shot below and share it with anyone you want through email. Do not forget to click on the "Done" button:
