View or edit Google Cloud projects

  • Every Apps Script project is associated with one of two types of Cloud projects: Default or Standard.

  • Default Cloud projects are automatically created and managed by Apps Script.

  • Standard Cloud projects are created and managed by users for advanced use cases.

  • Viewing or editing Cloud projects in the Cloud console requires specificresourcemanager permissions.

  • Default Cloud projects are located within specific folders in the Cloud resource hierarchy that should not be deleted.

Every Apps Script project is associated with a project in Google Cloud. Thereare 2 types of Cloud projects for Apps Script:

  • Default Cloud projects: Apps Script automatically creates and manages aGoogle Cloud project each time someone creates and runs an Apps Scriptproject. To learn more, refer toDefault Cloud projects.
  • Standard Cloud projects: Users can create and manage their own Cloudprojects for advanced Apps Script use cases. To learn more, refer toStandardCloud projects.

To view your organization’s default and standard Cloud projects in the Cloudconsole, you must have theresourcemanager.projects.list permission for yourorganization. If you want to view standard and default projects separately, youalso needresourcemanager.folders.list permission. To set view permissions forprojects in your organization, refer toAssign view permission for all Cloudprojects in an organization.

To edit your organization’s standard and default Cloud projects in the Cloudconsole, you must have theresourcemanager.projects.update permission for yourorganization. To set edit permissions forprojects in your organization, refer toAssign edit permission for all Cloudprojects in an organization.

View or edit default Cloud projects

Default projects fall under theOrganization root > system-gsuite > apps-script folder in the Cloud resourcehierarchy. Don't delete these folders. If you do, Apps Script can't createdefault projects and won't execute scripts properly.

To view thesystem-gsuite andapps-script folders, you must haveresourcemanager.folders.list permission. If you only haveresourcemanager.projects.list permission, standard and default projects showup together in one list. Default project IDs start withsys-.

To view or edit the default projects in your organization, take the followingsteps:

  1. Open the Cloud console atconsole.cloud.google.com.
  2. Click Menu>IAM & Admin>Manage Resources.
  3. Next to your organization, click Expand node.
  4. Next to thesystem-gsuite folder, click Expand node.
  5. Next to theapps-script folder, copy the ID.
  6. ClickFilter>Parent ID.
  7. Paste the Apps Script folder ID and pressEnter.
  8. Next to the project you want to view or edit, clickMore>Settings. The project opens in theCloud console and you can make your changes.

View or edit standard Cloud projects

To view or edit the standard projects in your organization, take the followingsteps:

  1. Open the Cloud console atconsole.cloud.google.com.
  2. Click Menu>IAM & Admin>Manage Resources.
  3. Next to your organization, click Expand node.The list of projects includes all standard Cloud projects whether or not theyhave Apps Script projects associated with them.
    • If you don’t haveresourcemanager.folders.list permission, you might see default Cloud projects in the same list as standard Cloud projects.To tell the difference between the two, default project IDs start withsys-.
  4. Next to the project you want to view or edit, clickMore>Settings. The project opens in theCloud console and you can make your changes.

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Last updated 2025-12-11 UTC.