I think this is the most destructive popup in Google Drive.

It has caused countless problems for us—people lose access to important files simply because someone tried to make a directory private and clicked the blue button. Why? Because it’s presented as the advised next step. It’s clearly the “call to action.”

I really struggle to see how “it will make permissions easier to manage”, as the popup claims.

I don’t think that I can change that behaviour through a feature toggle in Google Drive. I’m wondering if there exists a good solution to this, maybe in other products.

Worse still, the interface offers no clear preview of who will lose access—and no obvious way to undo the change if you make a mistake.

This isn’t something we can train our team out of. It’s a design problem.