Embedded Files
If you want to keep just a few files or have more than 15 GB in your drive, you can share them from your school account with a personal Google account.
- - - IMPORTANT - - - Log into your personal account, make copies of the files you shared so that the files are not removed when your account is deleted.
Very large accounts - Data download directions
If you need just a few emails, you can forward the messages to your personal account. NOTE: If the email includes a Google Document, you will need to follow the document share and copy directions above.
If you want to export or backup all of your Google docs files and emails, follow the directions below.
Google Drive
Log into your school google account
Google Takeout will allow you to backup YOUR Google Documents, if you have docs shared with you, you must make a copy of each doc before backup.
open Google Takeout
Check the boxes on the right for the Google Apps you want to export
on bottom click Next
Leave as Zip and Send download link via email
click Create archive
Archive will take a while depending on size of account
When it completes, you can click on Download to retrieve your files (from within your school Google account)
Save this file to keep your data. Do not leave this file on a computer at school but copy it to a USB drive or save at home.
Download and extract the files. You can generally double click on a zip file to open the folders and files.
Extract the "Drive" folder to a location on your computer hard drive.
At this point you have an Open Office version copy of each of your Google files. They are NOT saved as Google documents.
If you want to convert your documents back into Google format, proceed to the next steps.
Log into your personal gmail account
open Google Drive
click on the gear in the upper right
Settings
place a "check" on the Convert uploads to Google Docs
click Done
Go to My Drive on left (You may want to make a new folder called "GHS Files" and open that folder to contain your school files.)
click on New (button on left)
Folder upload
find your "Drive" folder you extracted before
Upload may take a while depending on your folder size.
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