Ask HN: Backup and restore your Gmail account

Posted by Openai2 on Thursday January 09, 2025 @05:26PM
from the ask-hn dept.

What's the best way to Backup and restore your Gmail account (including attachments over 20MB in size) ?

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Re:Ask HN: Backup and restore your Gmail account by slater on Thursday January 09, 2025 @05:27PM (#42650499)

Google Takeout?

https://takeout.google.com/

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Re:Ask HN: Backup and restore your Gmail account by LinuxBender on Thursday January 09, 2025 @08:47PM (#42651678)

Enable IMAP over SSL in your account settings. Use Thunderbird or whatever your favorite IMAP client may be to copy the emails including attachments locally. Push any of the contents up to whatever account you wish over IMAP.

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