How to Transfer School Email and Google Drive files to a personal Google account

Overview

If you are graduating, leaving the school, or want a personal backup, this guide will show you how to copy only your school-related Google email and/or Drive files to a personal Google account.

If you need to download additional items (photos, calendar, etc), please use this tutorial: How to export data from Google with Google Takeout.

Note:  This is a "snapshot" backup.  It will NOT sync any new email or Drive files after you start the transfer.

Login

In a browser, go to https://takeout.google.com/transfer.

Login with your school email.

Transfer process

  1. Enter the email address of the Google account to copy your Email and/or Google Drive files to (destination account).
  • You can create a new Google account with 15GB free storage.  Click on Create account to get started.
  • You can use an existing Google account. To check your available storage in your existing account, go to Google Drive Storage.

Tap Send Code.

  1. Check that email account for a confirmation code, and enter it.  Tap Verify.

Note: If you don't see the email in your destination account, check your spam or junk folder.

  1. Select the content to copy and transfer, then tap Start Transfer.

Note: The transfer process copies all content within Drive and Gmail. You cannot select specific folders to transfer.

  1. A confirmation screen will appear.  An email to your destination Google account will let you know when the copy and transfer is complete.
  1. An email to your destination Google account will let you know when the copy and transfer is complete.