There are already a few articles on this site that talk about taking your data with you when you graduate:
Every Fall MDS Tech gets phone calls or emails from recently graduated students who want to access their Drivespace. Every Fall we tell them their data is gone, because we delete the accounts during summer.
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Here’s another article with more detail on how to merge multiple mail accounts, calendars, drive material, etc.
https://zapier.com/blog/combine-gmail-accounts/
Although this process is hardly painless, here are the step-by-step instructions—along with a few automated workflows—to help you transfer your data in less time and with fewer headaches than you might think.
There’s also no way to merge multiple Google Drive or Google Photos accounts together. But you can merge your files and photos into a different Google account.
When you leave these hallowed grounds…..you CAN take your Google Docs with you.
- Login to your Drive or email [http://login.mountdesales.net is a handy way]
- Open a new tab [Control-T, usually]
- Surf to https://www.google.com/takeout
- Select what you want to take with you
- Select the best options for you – waiting for the download, or getting an email when the archive is ready to download. [Hint: It will probably take a while for the archive to be available]
The Wikipedia explanation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Takeout
How to Use Takout [from UConn]: http://g.uconn.edu/how-to-use-google-takeout/
BUT:
You can’t just upload that archive into a new Google account. Google Takeout is outbound only, there is no inbound/restore function. But the following will help if that’s what you want to do.
[CAVEAT: These have NOT been tested by Mds TEch, so your mileage may vary….Please let Tech know how it goes!]
Transfer messages
When both accounts are with Gmail, you can use the following backup/recovery tool to move the messages (this will include labels)
Transfer contacts (export/import):
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