Turn eSignature on or off for users

Supported editions for this feature: Business Standard and Business Plus; Enterprise Standard and Enterprise Plus; Education Plus; Enterprise Essentials and Enterprise Essentials Plus. Compare your edition

As a Google Workspace administrator, you can control who can use eSignature to request electronic signatures. eSignature lets your users draft contracts, request electronic signatures on Google Docs documents and PDF files in Drive, track the status of signatures, and view an audit trail for completed contracts. eSignature is turned on for all users by default.

Note: Turning off eSignature in the Admin console also turns off access to eSignature alpha features, such as using eSignature with PDF files in Drive. However, turning it off doesn't prevent your users from responding to eSignature requests. Learn more about how to use eSignature.

Before you begin: If you need to set up a department or team for this setting, go to Add an organizational unit.

1. Sign in to your Google Admin console.

   Sign in using your administrator account (does not end in @gmail.com).

2. In the Admin console, go to Menu  AppsGoogle WorkspaceDrive and Docs.
3. Click eSignature.
4. (Optional) To apply the setting to a department or team, at the side, select an organizational unit. Show me how
5. To allow users to use eSignatures, select On. To prevent users from requesting electronic signatures, select Off.
6. Click Save. Or, you might click Override for an organizational unit.

   To later restore the inherited value, click Inherit. 

Changes can take up to 24 hours but typically happen more quickly. Learn more

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• Send signature requests & sign documents with eSignature