Google Workspace Updates: Data classification labels visible in more places across Google Drive (original) (raw)
November 25, 2025
What’s changing
Beginning today, a Drive item’s applied data classification values will appear across all views on Drive on the web, including Home, My Drive, Shared Drives, and Drive search results. Previously, users needed to either navigate to Details or open the file to know a Drive item’s classification state. Now, users will immediately see the applied classification values when navigating throughout the Drive product.
For any particular item, the highest ranked label with a badged list field will display the applied option. For items with more than one label applied, an additional label count icon will appear next to the badged value displaying the number of additional labels applied to the item. For items where only data classification labels without badged lists are applied, the Label name of the highest rank classification label will appear next to the file title with a non-colored badge treatment. It’s important to note that only options from badged lists will display within Workspace surfaces; a label without a badged list will display the label name.
Hovering over either the badged label value or the additional count icon will display additional applied labels in a tooltip. Clicking a label value will immediately open the Labels section of File Details.
Getting started
- Admins:
- If you've been using classification labels, there are no changes to your experience beyond improved end user visibility of applied labels.
- There is no admin control for this feature; however, you are able to adjust whether a label contains a badged option list and specify a color scheme within the Label Manager.
- End users: No action needed. Labels will start to appear on Drive items across all supported views.
Rollout pace
- Available now
Availability
Data classification labels in Drive are available to Google Workspace:
- Frontline Starter and Standard
- Business Standard and Plus
- Enterprise Standard and Plus
- Education Standard and Education Plus
- Nonprofits
- Essentials, Enterprise Essentials, and Enterprise Essentials Plus