What is the problem you are having with rclone?
When running rclone move from Google Drive to Google Cloud Storage, the copy succeeds, but the delete step fails for files that I own if they are located inside a shared folder owned by another user that's in my Drive.
These files are skipped with 403 insufficientFilePermissions errors, even though the impersonated user owns the files themselves.
I believe Google Drive does not allow a user to delete their own file when it resides inside a folder they do not own.
However, I’d like to confirm if this is an expected limitation or if there’s a workaround (for example, a way to skip deletes on these cases or a flag to handle them gracefully).
[folderx] → owned by me
└── [foldery] → owned by another user (shared with me, I'm editor, it's under my folder)
└── [folderz] → owned by me
└── index.txt → owned by me
index.txt fails to move
Run the command 'rclone version' and share the full output of the command.
rclone v1.69.0
os/version: darwin 26.0.1 (64 bit)
os/kernel: 25.0.0 (arm64)
os/type: darwin
os/arch: arm64 (ARMv8 compatible)
go/version: go1.23.4
go/linking: dynamic
go/tags: cmount
Which cloud storage system are you using? (eg Google Drive)
Source: Google Drive (using service account impersonation)
Destination: Google Cloud Storage
The command you were trying to run (eg rclone copy /tmp remote:tmp)
Please run 'rclone config redacted' and share the full output. If you get command not found, please make sure to update rclone.
[drive-automate]
type = drive
client_id = XXX
client_secret = XXX
service_account_file = /Users/lamongabriel/keys/sa-rclone-admin-transfers-key-automate.json
storage_type = drive
scope = drive
[drive-edu]
type = drive
client_id = XXX
client_secret = XXX
service_account_file = /Users/lamongabriel/keys/sa-rclone-admin-transfers-key-edu.json
storage_type = drive
scope = drive
[gcs-automate]
type = gcs
client_id = XXX
client_secret = XXX
service_account_file = /Users/lamongabriel/keys/sa-rclone-admin-transfers-key-automate.json
storage_class = standard
storage_type = gcs
bucket_acl = private
project_number = XXX
location = us
object_acl = private
[gcs-edu]
type = gcs
client_id = XXX
client_secret = XXX
service_account_file = /Users/lamongabriel/keys/sa-rclone-admin-transfers-key-edu.json
storage_class = standard
storage_type = gcs
bucket_acl = private
project_number = XXX
location = us
object_acl = private
### Double check the config for sensitive info before posting publicly
A log from the command that you were trying to run with the -vv flag
2025/10/22 12:08:12 ERROR : Test ／ User ／123/Folder gabe/mivavm-v5.51/lib/builtins/system.so: Couldn't delete: googleapi: Error 403: The user does not have sufficient permissions for this file., insufficientFilePermissions
2025/10/22 12:08:12 ERROR : Test ／ User ／123/Folder gabe/mivavm-v5.51/lib/builtins/file.so: Couldn't delete: googleapi: Error 403: The user does not have sufficient permissions for this file., insufficientFilePermissions
2025/10/22 12:08:12 ERROR : Test ／ User ／123/Folder gabe/mivavm-v5.51/lib/databases/postgresql.so: Couldn't delete: googleapi: Error 403: The user does not have sufficient permissions for this file., insufficientFilePermissions
2025/10/22 12:08:12 ERROR : Test ／ User ／123/Folder gabe/mivavm-v5.51/lib/databases/mivasql.so: Couldn't delete: googleapi: Error 403: The user does not have sufficient permissions for this file., insufficientFilePermissions
2025/10/22 12:08:12 ERROR : Test ／ User ／123/Folder gabe/mivavm-v5.51/lib/builtins/mvlibgd.so: Couldn't delete: googleapi: Error 403: The user does not have sufficient permissions for this file., insufficientFilePermissions
2025/10/22 12:08:12 ERROR : Test ／ User ／123/Folder gabe/mivavm-v5.51/lib/databases/mysql.so: Couldn't delete: googleapi: Error 403: The user does not have sufficient permissions for this file., insufficientFilePermissions
2025/10/22 12:08:12 ERROR : Test ／ User ／123/Folder gabe/mivavm-v5.51/lib/builtins/crypto.so: Couldn't delete: googleapi: Error 403: The user does not have sufficient permissions for this file., insufficientFilePermissions
2025/10/22 12:08:12 ERROR : Test ／ User ／123/Folder gabe/mivavm-v5.51/lib/builtins/logging.so: Couldn't delete: googleapi: Error 403: The user does not have sufficient permissions for this file., insufficientFilePermissions
2025/10/22 12:08:12 ERROR : Test ／ User ／123/Folder gabe/mivavm-v5.51/lib/builtins/time.so: Couldn't delete: googleapi: Error 403: The user does not have sufficient permissions for this file., insufficientFilePermissio