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TakeOut by Google

TakeOut by Google is a valuable service that will allow you to export your Google products should you plan to retire your existing Google account.   This archives you create will remain available for your dissemination at a later time.   

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Note, some Google products may not be setup to accept imports such as Google Keep.  However you will at least be able to retain your data for future uses.

Takeout Gmail

To extract your Gmail, select Mail option (1) only, then select the Next button (2):

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Select the All mail or x labels text next to Mail, this will expand more options:

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You may select desired labels to include in the export as follows:

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Your Mail archive is ready for build, just select Create Archive button:

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You will see the following archive/export dialog box:

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As with other exports, you will receive an email notification with a link to your archive (or, return to this Takeout area again to manage your archives)

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Note, the Mail archive will be in .mbox format.

When you export your mail from Gmail, each message's labels are preserved in a special X-Gmail-Labels header in your download file. While no mail client recognizes this header now, most mail clients allow for extensions to be written that could make use of the labels.

Google does not support a direct import of .mbox files so you may need to use a 3rd party tool to open .mbox format export into Thunderbird or Apple mail.

Gmail does however support a pop3 transfer for other email accounts that may be useful, go here:  https://commons.lbl.gov/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=48369318

Other Web articles that may be useful:

• How to View Gmail Export Locally on your Computer, go here:

• How to load your mbox export to Gmail account via 3rd Party tools, go here:
• Create Gmail exports/imports via GYB utility, go here
• Google Open source tools to import mail into Gmail, go here   
• Sending (actually bulk  forwarding) email to another user or email account (to access the Email Forwarding Tool, click here and our FAQ is here)