Important: If you download your Google data, it doesn’t delete it from Google’s servers. Learn how to delete your account or how to delete your activity.
You can export and download your data from the Google products you use, such as your:
- Documents
- Calendar
- Photos
- YouTube videos
- Data about registration and account activity
You can create an archive to keep for your records or use the data in another service.
Step 1: Select data to include in your download archive
- Go to the Download your data page. Google products that have your data are automatically selected.
- If you don’t want to download data from a product, uncheck the box beside it.
- If you only want to download some of your data from a product, you may have the option to select a button like
All data included. Then, you can uncheck the box next to data you don’t want to include.
- Select Next step.
Step 2: Customize your archive format
Delivery method
Send download link via email
We'll email you a link to download your Google data archive.
- For "Delivery method," select Send download link via email.
- Select Create export.
- In the email that arrives, select Download archive.
- To download your Google data, follow the steps on the screen.
Add to Drive
Add to Dropbox
Add to Microsoft OneDrive
Add to Box
Export type
One-time archive
Automatically create an archive of your selected data every 2 months for one year. The first archive will be created immediately.
Note: If you’re enrolled in the Advanced Protection Program, scheduled exports aren’t available.
File type
Zip files
Tgz files
Archive size
Choose the maximum size archive you want to create. If the data you’re downloading is larger than this size, multiple archives will be created.
Step 3: Get your Google data archive
When your archive is created by using one of these options, we'll email you a link to its location. Depending on the amount of information in your account, this process could take from a few minutes to a few days. Most people get the link to their archive the same day that they request it.
Note: If you’re enrolled in the Advanced Protection Program, your archive will be scheduled for two days in the future.
Data you've deleted
Common questions
If the info you're looking for is not available via these tools, submit a data access request and specify:
- The categories of personal info you're seeking;
- The products or services to which the data relates;
- Any approximate dates when you think the data may have been collected by Google.
You’ll need to sign in to your Google Account to complete the form.
Important: You can also call our toll-free number, 855-548-2777. Our representatives can answer many of your questions and help you fill out the web-form to ensure we are providing information to the account owner.
When you export your mail from Gmail, each message's labels are preserved in a special X-Gmail-Labels header in your download file. While no mail client recognizes this header now, most mail clients allow for extensions to be written that could make use of the labels.
Common Google data download questions
Videos are downloaded in their original format, or as MP4 files with H264 video and AAC audio.
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