Backing up Google Drive with Google Takeout

You can use Google Takeout to backup your school data to an external hard drive, computer, or a personal Google Drive. All seniors are encouraged to use Google takeout to backup their school Google Drive, as all school Google accounts are disabled after graduation.

Directions

  1. Go to takeout.google.com.

  2. Under “CREATE A NEW EXPORT”, select the data that you want to keep. You can save your Gmail, Google Drive, or any other data in the Google services listed.

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  3. After this is done, press “Next Step”.

  4. Under “Choose file type, frequency & destination”, select the “Delivery Method” drop down menu. You can choose between a download link, adding it to another Google drive, Dropbox, One Drive, or Box.

  5. Under “Frequency”, select “Export once”.

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  6. Under “File type & size”, select .zip and select a file size. You may want to go with a lower file size such as 2GB or 10GB, as having too large of a file size can cause problems.

  7. Select “Create Export”.

  8. After the export is done running, you should receive notification via email depending on the export method that you chose.
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