How to Move Google Drive Content to Your Personal Account

This article will show how to move the contents of your school account to your personal account.

Note: Your personal account must be a Google account. If not, you will need to create one to move the contents.

 

1. Go to "takeout.google.com".

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2. Click "Deselect All".

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3. Scroll down to find "Drive" and click the checkbox.

Note: If there are other things you want to transfer over, check those boxes as well.

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4. Scroll to the bottom and click "Next Step".

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5. Make sure the "Export Once" is selected.

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6. Make sure the "File Type" is set to ".zip".

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7. Click "Create Export".

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8. A screen with the export process will appear.

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9. When the export is done, you will receive an email. Click "Download your files" 

Note: This may take quite awhile to get if you have a lot of files in your drive.

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10. Find the file in "Downloads". It will be a zipped file.

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11. To unzip it, right click and select "Extract All".

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12. Click "Extract".

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13. The file will open in a new folder window location. You will see the file is now unzipped.

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14. Go to your personal account Google Drive. Click "New".

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15. Select "File Upload".

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16. Select the unzipped file from your computer, it will most likely be in your Downloads. 

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17. Double click "Takeout".

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18. Double click "Drive".

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19. Click "Organize" then "Select All".

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20. All of the files will be selected. Now, click "Open".

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21. An upload status bar will appear in the bottom right.

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22. Once complete, you will see all of the files in your drive.

 

Revision #3
Created 16 December 2021 15:23:04 by Brittany Hice
Updated 14 April 2022 13:45:37 by Brittany Hice