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Google Takeout is a service provided to easily download your data from its supported Google products.

From the Takeout page -- Google Takeout is a Data Liberation platform that makes escaping from Google products as easy as possible. Takeout lets you take your data out of multiple Google products in one fell swoop. Moreover, you’ll find that all your data is in portable and open formats‚ so it’s easy to import to other services quickly.

The FAQ link is here: https://support.google.com/takeout/

More information is provided by the Data Liberation Front

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Failed - Network error downloading my Google Takeout

I am trying to download my 35GB Google Takeout .tgz file but it keeps failing part way through. On Chrome I might get about 3 GB progress, then it reports Failed - Network error. I have tried several times. On Firefox, I manged about 75% of the…
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How to programmatically create/download Google Takeout archive?

I want to automate the process of downloading my Google Takeout data and uploading it somewhere else. The part of handling the file and uploading it is already done (here is my self answer about that). But what's still missing is getting the…
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All my Timeline Data / Location History is missing from Google Takeout

I have completed migrating my Google Maps Timeline data to my mobile device as required by Google. I then tried to export the Timeline data using Google Takeout but there was nothing in the downloaded ZIP file under Google Maps except a text file…
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As an Google App admin, can I track Google Takeout usage?

If my users are using Google Takeout, should I get an email alert with notification that xyz user has used Google Takeout and downloaded their data. I do not want to restrict, but just monitor, being a Google App admin.
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Why does Google Takeout now offer poorly compressed files?

Every once in a while I use Google Takeout (now called just "Download your Data" or something), to get a copy of all my stuff that Google holds. Since the last time I did this (about six months ago), the .tbz (bzip2) compression method no longer…
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Liberate all data from Google+

Now that the final demise of Google+ is imminent, how can I get all of my data out of there? I know I have stuff in there I didn't post anywhere else. Will that also get the stuff I posted to various Communities?
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How to download Google Search history?

Google Takeout used to give an option of exporting your all Google search history in .json file, but today when I created an archive of my data, it said at bottom: Note: Your past searches aren't included when you create an archive. Find out how to…
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Downloading Gmail associated with a label

I just finished a project and would like to download (to my local hard drive) copies of all of my emails in Gmail associated with this project. These emails have already been applied with a common label that uniquely identifies them. What are some…
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How to use Google Takeout for YouTube data in an old YouTube account?

A while back Google prompted me to either change my youtube account so that it uses my Google+ profile, or keep the old account separate. I chose the latter option, and since then each time I load youtube I get asked whether I want to use youtube…
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Download email messages through Google Takeout

I was having a look at the Google Takeout service, and one thing I noticed is that although my Google account uses Gmail (with my own domain via Google Apps for Business) when I go to takeouts Gmail isn't listed as one of the products. I'm aware I…
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Convert all Google Docs/Sheets/Slides to Microsoft Office?

I want to move away from Google, but before that, I would like to backup my documents in my GDrive. I unfortunately have a lot of Google Docs/Slides/Sheets, which won't be usable anymore if I stop using Google. Is there a way to convert them all…
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Google Takeout Backup Missing Google Photos Albums

Google Takeout is not showing all of the saved albums from my Google Photos account from the Takeout options menu when selecting Choose specific Photos data for your export. There is a discrepancy of 37 missing albums from the Google Takeouts…
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Takeout breaks my non-ASCII

I have downloaded emails from Gmail via Google Takeout, one label to be exact. Looking closer at the downloaded contents (in MBOX format), it turns out that all non-ASCII characters have been replaced by the byte sequence EF BF BD: the UTF-8 encoded…
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Migrate Google+ Stream and other content to another account

With Google Takeout, there's an option to "Transfer your Google+ connections to another account," which means your circles, blocks, and other connections are transferred. However, your Posts, About Me information, photos, videos, +1s, and other…
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I deleted all my photos, videos, and albums from Google Photos. Takeout still includes these data

cross-posted at https://support.google.com/accounts/thread/78125050 I deleted all my photos, videos, and albums from Google Photos, then I tried downloading my data with Google Takeout. The archive still includes Google Photos data. Does the data…
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