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When graduating or otherwise separating from Geneseo, you may want to save your old email messages. You can export and download your data from the Google products you use, like your email, calendar, and photos. In a few easy steps, create an archive to keep for your records or use the data in another service. 

Before you start

Forwarding your email

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Follow these instructions from Google to create an archive to keep for your records or use the data in another servicesservice.

Copy Google data to another account

Follow these instructions from Google to copy and transfer your files to a personal Google Account with sufficient available storage. Afterwards

Afterward, please check your most important data made it to your new account; not all data is transferred. If your you receive an error or the transfer fails, please see Google's recommendations.

Google Photos data can be transferred to a personal account with sufficient available storage using Partner Sharing - see these instructions from the University of Auckland.

Info

The copy process usually happens within a few hours, but it can take up to a week.

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