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Students - Transfer your WFU Google data to a personal Gmail account

Modified on: Sun, May 10, 2026 10:37 AM

Google Takeout: Transfer Student Gmail and Drive Data

For Students only

Google Takeout allows you to easily transfer student WFU Gmail and Google Drive data to your personal Google account through an automated process. This process will transfer Gmail labels/folders and keeps Google Drive in your current folder structure.

  1. While logged into your @wfu.edu account, go to Transfer your content.
  2. Enter your personal @gmail.com email address in Step 1. Click SEND CODE.
    Enter destination email address in Google Takeout interface
  3. While logged into your personal @gmail.com account, click the Get confirmation code button from the Verify your account email.
    Google Takeout - get confirmation code button in email
    Example of the Google Takeout verification code
  4. Enter the verification code provided in Step 2 on the Transfer your content screen. Click VERIFY.
    Enter verification code on the Google Transfer screen
  5. Select what you would like to transfer from @wfu.edu to your personal address. You can choose Drive and/or Gmail. Click START TRANSFER.
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NOTE

Alumni accounts have access to Gmail (email) only. You will not be able to transfer Drive content to an @alumni.wfu.edu account.

Final step to select content and start the transfer process

You will receive an email at both email addresses letting you know that the transfer has officially started. You will also receive an email once it has completed.

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