Gmail: Transfer UT Gmail and Google Drive to a Personal Gmail Account

Summary

How to transfer your UT Gmail messages and Google Drive files to a personal Gmail account.

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Overview

This article provides instructions for transferring your University of Tennessee Gmail and Google Drive data to a personal Gmail account. This process only works for transferring data from a school account to a personal account. You will not be able to use this process to transfer emails or files from a personal account to your UT Gmail account. 

Instructions

  1. Go to takeout.google.com/transfer and sign in to your UT email account. 
  2. Enter the destination email.  

    First step of the transfer process at takeout.google.com/transfer.

  3. Click Send Code
  4. Sign in to the destination email account to retrieve the confirmation code. 
    • Open a new tab in your browser and go to gmail.com
    • In the upper-right corner of your screen, click the circle that has either your initials or your profile picture. 
    • Click Add Another Account
    • Sign in to the destination email account. 
    • The confirmation email will have the subject Verify Your Account. 
  5. Click Get Confirmation Code in the confirmation email.    
    • This will open a new tab with the confirmation code. 

    Confirmation email received for the transfer process at takeout.google.com/transfer.

    Confirmation code screen for the takeout.google.com/transfer process.

  6. Copy the code and enter it on the Google Takeout Transfer screen. Then, click Verify
  7. Select the items you want to transfer and click Start Transfer
    • By default, your Gmail messages and your Google Drive files will be transferred, but you can choose to only transfer data for one product if you prefer. 

    Third step of the takeout.google.com/transfer process.

  8. The data will begin copying over to your personal Gmail account. This process can take a few minutes up to a week to finish. 
    • You will receive an email in the destination email account when the transfer starts and when the transfer is complete. 

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Details

Article ID: 142206
Created
Wed 9/28/22 1:09 PM
Modified
Wed 4/1/26 4:35 PM
Environment
Google Drive
Google Gmail