How can I transfer my Google email and files to another Google Account?
How to transfer a copy of your Gmail and Drive files to a personal Google account
If you are leaving the district you have two options to save your data. The first option is to download a copy of your data using Google Takeout. The other option, which we will go over here, is to transfer you email and drive files to a personal Google account.
Go to https://takeout.google.com/transfer while signed into your school district Google account
Enter your personal gmail address and click send code
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Open your personal email account (must be done out on your phone or at home, we block access to personal email accounts in the district) and enter the code sent:
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Start the transfer:
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You are all set!
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A couple important things to note:
Full list of FAQs can be found here
If you are leaving the district you have two options to save your data. The first option is to download a copy of your data using Google Takeout. The other option, which we will go over here, is to transfer you email and drive files to a personal Google account.
A couple important things to note:
- Only emails and documents that you own transfer.
- The original files stay in your school account. Any changes you make to the copied files don't affect the originals.
- A file in My Drive won't be copied if either of the following are true.
- You're a viewer, not an editor or owner
- The owner has turned off download, print, and copy options for commenters and viewer
Full list of FAQs can be found here
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