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  Download your user data from Google to transfer or backup

1. Go to the Takeout page
2. Select the individual services that contain the data you would like to download or select all
services. If there are important services that are not listed, for instance Blogger or YouTube,
reach out to your school administrator
3. Some services have different options regarding specifics of export. For example:
a. The Calendar service has options to select all calendars or individual calendars
b. The Drive service has options to export Docs and Spreadsheets into Microsoft formats or
PDFs
c. The Photo service has the option to select all Photo albums or individual albums
4. Once all services and options within those services are selected, click Next step
5. Under Choose file type, frequency & destination choose a Delivery method. Available
options include:
a. Download link via email
b. Add to Drive (not recommended if the intent is to remove data from Gmail, Drive, and
Photos)
c. Add to Dropbox
d. Add to OneDrive
e. Add to Box
6. Select Export once
7. Select File type & size, either .zip or .tgz archive files
8. Select archive file size, up to 50GB per file
9. Select Create export
a. If Dropbox, OneDrive, or Box were selected in step 5 above, select Link accounts and
create export. This will redirect to a sign-in page for the service selected
10. An email will be sent once the export process has completed. Depending on the delivery
method selected above, exports can be managed and downloads can be accessed under the
Manage your exports section of Google Takeout.

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  Download your user data from Google to transfer or backup

1. Go to the Takeout page
2. Select the individual services that contain the data you would like to download or select all
services. If there are important services that are not listed, for instance Blogger or YouTube,
reach out to your school administrator
3. Some services have different options regarding specifics of export. For example:
a. The Calendar service has options to select all calendars or individual calendars
b. The Drive service has options to export Docs and Spreadsheets into Microsoft formats or
PDFs
c. The Photo service has the option to select all Photo albums or individual albums
4. Once all services and options within those services are selected, click Next step
5. Under Choose file type, frequency & destination choose a Delivery method. Available
options include:
a. Download link via email
b. Add to Drive (not recommended if the intent is to remove data from Gmail, Drive, and
Photos)
c. Add to Dropbox
d. Add to OneDrive
e. Add to Box
6. Select Export once
7. Select File type & size, either .zip or .tgz archive files
8. Select archive file size, up to 50GB per file
9. Select Create export
a. If Dropbox, OneDrive, or Box were selected in step 5 above, select Link accounts and
create export. This will redirect to a sign-in page for the service selected
10. An email will be sent once the export process has completed. Depending on the delivery
method selected above, exports can be managed and downloads can be accessed under the
Manage your exports section of Google Takeout.

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  Download your user data from Google to transfer or backup

1. Go to the Takeout page
2. Select the individual services that contain the data you would like to download or select all
services. If there are important services that are not listed, for instance Blogger or YouTube,
reach out to your school administrator
3. Some services have different options regarding specifics of export. For example:
a. The Calendar service has options to select all calendars or individual calendars
b. The Drive service has options to export Docs and Spreadsheets into Microsoft formats or
PDFs
c. The Photo service has the option to select all Photo albums or individual albums
4. Once all services and options within those services are selected, click Next step
5. Under Choose file type, frequency & destination choose a Delivery method. Available
options include:
a. Download link via email
b. Add to Drive (not recommended if the intent is to remove data from Gmail, Drive, and
Photos)
c. Add to Dropbox
d. Add to OneDrive
e. Add to Box
6. Select Export once
7. Select File type & size, either .zip or .tgz archive files
8. Select archive file size, up to 50GB per file
9. Select Create export
a. If Dropbox, OneDrive, or Box were selected in step 5 above, select Link accounts and
create export. This will redirect to a sign-in page for the service selected
10. An email will be sent once the export process has completed. Depending on the delivery
method selected above, exports can be managed and downloads can be accessed under the
Manage your exports section of Google Takeout.

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  Download your user data from Google to transfer or backup

1. Go to the Takeout page
2. Select the individual services that contain the data you would like to download or select all
services. If there are important services that are not listed, for instance Blogger or YouTube,
reach out to your school administrator
3. Some services have different options regarding specifics of export. For example:
a. The Calendar service has options to select all calendars or individual calendars
b. The Drive service has options to export Docs and Spreadsheets into Microsoft formats or
PDFs
c. The Photo service has the option to select all Photo albums or individual albums
4. Once all services and options within those services are selected, click Next step
5. Under Choose file type, frequency & destination choose a Delivery method. Available
options include:
a. Download link via email
b. Add to Drive (not recommended if the intent is to remove data from Gmail, Drive, and
Photos)
c. Add to Dropbox
d. Add to OneDrive
e. Add to Box
6. Select Export once
7. Select File type & size, either .zip or .tgz archive files
8. Select archive file size, up to 50GB per file
9. Select Create export
a. If Dropbox, OneDrive, or Box were selected in step 5 above, select Link accounts and
create export. This will redirect to a sign-in page for the service selected
10. An email will be sent once the export process has completed. Depending on the delivery
method selected above, exports can be managed and downloads can be accessed under the
Manage your exports section of Google Takeout.