Former student Miami Google Workspace (Gmail, Google Drive, Photos, etc.) accounts are being removed on April 8, 2024. If you have one of these accounts, you will need to move all documents and emails over to a personal Google Workspace account. Below is information on steps you should take to stay in contact with the Miami University Alumni Association and ensure you don't lose your data when these accounts are removed.
If you are a current undergraduate, graduate student, employee, a retiree, or an emeriti, this change does not affect you.
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Need to move your documents to another Google Workspace account?
By moving files out of your former student account, you will ensure that none of your documents are lost when these accounts are removed on April 8, 2024.
Here’s a quick guide for downloading your data from a Miami Google Workspace account (Gmail, Drive, Photos) to your personal Google account:
- Go to takeout.google.com/transfer.
- Enter your personal email address and select Send code. This will send a code to your personal email.
- Retrieve the confirmation code from your personal email and enter it in the provided space back at takeout.google.com. If you don’t receive the email, check your spam folder. It may take a few minutes to receive the code.
- Select Verify.
- Go down this page carefully. Make sure the slider is in the right position for the data you would like to transfer (both Drive and Gmail are recommended, and if you have Photos saved in your Miami account, those too).
- Select Start Transfer. This will move the data from your Miami Gmail account to your personal account.
If you get an error message that reads "Transfer Your Content is only available to authorized G Suite for Education Accounts. Please contact your administrator, or sign in with another Google Account" you need to check which Google account you are logged in to. Click the profile icon in the upper right-hand corner of the screen and make sure you are logged into your uniqueID@miamioh.edu account.
For additional information about setting up a Google Workspace account, please visit the Google online help section.
Need to create a new personal Google Workspace account?
If you need to set up a personal Gmail account, the instructions at this link will give you all the details to set one up.
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