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If anyone has a Google account, you need to Takeout regularly. https://takeout.google.com https://takeout.google.com

AnssiH 6y ago
If only it worked... https://i.imgur.com/FKFa2l7.png https://i.imgur.com/FKFa2l7.png I probably could try to bisect if there is a specific type of data that prevents Takeout on my account, but I haven't bothered as I think I have all the important data otherwise backed up.
- Grollicus 6y ago
  If you live in the EU just send them a GDPR request, they'll have to give you a dump within some timeframe. If their bots redirect you to their download UI, contact your regulator.
  - AnssiH 6y ago
    I do. Seems like that would not be too much work, so I think I'll do just that. I'll try Takeout one more time, and after it fails (it takes a few days) I'll submit a request via their data access request form.
- mceachen 6y ago
  Several Takeouts may work: a gmail-only archive, a photos-from-only-last-year archive, ...
- Liquid_Fire 6y ago
  I had the same issue and bisecting it helped to find the culprit (although I don't remember which one it was right now)
swiley 6y ago
You have a tiny window to download a huge archive and you can't restart the download. In theory it's great in practice you don't have access to it.
- foxylion 6y ago
  You can now link the takeout to another cloud provider (e.g. Dropbox or Microsoft OneDrive). And configure the takeout to take place every two month (for up to 6 times). So you just need to configure the takeout once a year and you'll automatically receive a backup once every two month.
  - ldavison 6y ago
    This is nice, thanks for pointing it out. It's a shame though you can't export to something like S3.
- mattl 6y ago
  I just turned it on and they can now transfer the files to Dropbox or another storage provider.
Yeroc 6y ago
This helps mitigate some risk but if you're using OAuth or rely on receiving future emails via your @gmail.com account you're still out of luck regardless
- askvictor 6y ago
  This. We need to create an email portability system (like there currently is with mobile phone numbers)
  - jlelse 6y ago
    Just use a custom domain.
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If only it worked... https://i.imgur.com/FKFa2l7.png https://i.imgur.com/FKFa2l7.png I probably could try to bisect if there is a specific type of data that prevents Takeout on my account, but I haven't bothered as I think I have all the important data otherwise backed up.

Grollicus 6y ago
If you live in the EU just send them a GDPR request, they'll have to give you a dump within some timeframe. If their bots redirect you to their download UI, contact your regulator.
- AnssiH 6y ago
  I do. Seems like that would not be too much work, so I think I'll do just that. I'll try Takeout one more time, and after it fails (it takes a few days) I'll submit a request via their data access request form.
mceachen 6y ago
Several Takeouts may work: a gmail-only archive, a photos-from-only-last-year archive, ...
Liquid_Fire 6y ago
I had the same issue and bisecting it helped to find the culprit (although I don't remember which one it was right now)

swiley 6y ago

You have a tiny window to download a huge archive and you can't restart the download. In theory it's great in practice you don't have access to it.

foxylion 6y ago
You can now link the takeout to another cloud provider (e.g. Dropbox or Microsoft OneDrive). And configure the takeout to take place every two month (for up to 6 times). So you just need to configure the takeout once a year and you'll automatically receive a backup once every two month.
- ldavison 6y ago
  This is nice, thanks for pointing it out. It's a shame though you can't export to something like S3.
mattl 6y ago
I just turned it on and they can now transfer the files to Dropbox or another storage provider.

Yeroc 6y ago

This helps mitigate some risk but if you're using OAuth or rely on receiving future emails via your @gmail.com account you're still out of luck regardless

askvictor 6y ago
This. We need to create an email portability system (like there currently is with mobile phone numbers)
- jlelse 6y ago
  Just use a custom domain.

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