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No, there's no reporting utility to track sharing or copying of your file.

However, you cannot know who accessed a file, if the file was accessed via a public link, rather than by logging into a Google account. Consider someone sending your link to a friend, who then uses that link, perhaps by VPN, to download the document without need to log into Google.

File activity includes the names of users who have viewed Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides files and the time they viewed them. Using this data, file editors can make informed decisions about following up with collaborators.

Select File. 2. Select Document details. The Document details dialog opens showing the document location, owner, date of creation and date of last modification.

Things You Should Know You can check a Google Doc's History and restore previous versions in the document itself. To view version history, click "File" then "Version History". Click "See version history". To restore a previous version, select a version and click "Restore this version".

2 Answers. It's not possible but it the document is shared with anyone with the link you could appear as an "anonymous animal". One way to achieve this is by open the link without being signed in in your account. On Chrome, right click the document link and open it on incognito mode.

You can only see who viewed your Google Drive files if you shared them with specific individuals or groups. If you shared the file with “anyone with the link” or set it to the public, you wouldn't be able to track who accessed it.

End users: Within a file (Docs, Sheets, Slides, PDFs, etc.), open the file and click the Share button > select the Review button in the new banner to view the access request(s) > respond to the request(s). Visit the Help Center to learn more about sharing files from Google Drive.

See which of your collaborators have opened your file in your Activity dashboard. In Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides you can see when your file was last viewed and by who. Giving you the important information of who you need to chase.