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You can at least get a copy of all of it, and you can delete some of it. 1. Log in to your google account 2. go to https://www.google.com/settings/takeout htt
by seanhunter 9y ago
You can at least get a copy of all of it, and you can delete some of it.
1. Log in to your google account
2. go to https://www.google.com/settings/takeout https://www.google.com/settings/takeout (this doesn't work with the regional googles like 'google.co.uk' fwiw)
3. You should see a page called 'Download your data' with all the services selected. If you want to deselect anything, do, otherwise hit 'Next'
4. If you want to change the format or chunk size, do it here. Otherwise hit 'Next'
5. Wait. This can take a few days if your google account is big.
6. You'll get an email with a link to one or more archives to download. All your stuff will be in there in open formats.
7. You can delete your google account (I think from https://myaccount.google.com/preferences?pli=1#deleteservices https://myaccount.google.com/preferences?pli=1#deleteservice... ) but it won't delete info they have on you in their caches
Have a nice day.
Sean
- mark_l_watson 9y agoI very much appreciate the Google takeout service. I have switched to mostly using Fastmail, which is good but there is no easily used supported way to archive old emails locally on my laptop of backups. I don't consider using POP3 to fetch everything a good solution.
- jlgaddis 9y agoYou can use tools like offlineimap to "backup" your Gmail account via IMAP. I used it to transfer all my mail to my own mail server when I quit using Gmail years ago.