While Gmail may be by far the most popular email client, there are quite a few alternatives like Outlook and Mailbird that can give Google’s offering strong competition both in terms of smart email management and flexibility. So, if you have decided to finally switch your loyalty to other email clients, you may want to save a backup of your entire Gmail for reference. Even if you don’t want to look beyond Google’s email client, having a backup of all of your Gmail account could be helpful from a security perspective.

Thanks to the introduction of a handy tool called Takeout, backing up Gmail has become a bit straightforward. Moreover, you also have the flexibility to choose specific data, file type, and even preferred delivery method that includes email and cloud services such as Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, and Box. Surprisingly, Apple iCloud is not included in the list of cloud services.

  1. Now, click on Manage your data & personalisation option located under Privacy & personalisation.

Google allows you to choose the file type, frequency, and destination as well. For instance, make it send the download link via email or add the files to Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive or Box.

Create a Copy of Files from Gmail and Export with Ease

So, that’s the way you can create a copy of files from Gmail and export to the preferred destination. Barring a few caveats, the process is straightforward.