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How to use Google Takeout to export Google account

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📝 Summary

Follow these instructions to export your student account to alumni account:

đź’ˇ Tip:

🚀 Steps

  1. Make sure you are signed into your student email account

Account page

  1. Go to Settings by clicking the gear icon up on the top right corner

 

Settings

  1. Scroll down to “Export your data” and click on the show more arrow
export your data
  1. Select “Backup”
Backup
  1. Click on Show more products

 

  1. You will see a list of items you are allowed to export, check off each item you would like to transfer to your alumni email
Google choices

 

  1. Proceed by clicking “Next Step”
Next Page

 

  1. Select “Export once” and then “create export”
Create export

 

  1. You will see your files are now being exported
export progress

 

  1. Once your have been fully exported you should be able to download the zip file
Download

 

  1. You may need to sign in
SSO

 

To upload your photos to your alumni account:

 

  1. Log into your alumni Google drive account
Alumni email

 

  1. Select New
New

 

  1. Select Upload
Upload'

 

  1. Select the zip file that was downloaded
zip file

 

  1. Select the zip file
takeout zip file

 

  1. You will need to extract the file so open with “Zip Extractor”
zip extractor

 

  1. Extract to Drive
Extract button

 

  1. You should be able to now view the files in your drive
View Files