Know how Google Takeout helps to
download Gmail messages to my computer. Easily backup archive (emails,
contacts, notes, calendars and chat) of Gmail account.
Before moving on the backup
process, it is required to know what is Google Takeout and how secure it is for
downloading messages from Gmail accounts. For your information, Google Takeout
is recently launched features added to Gmail application that helps us to
backup Gmail data into a PC.
I am very happy to elaborate the
procedure for query how to download gmail messages to my computer because the
method is 100% secure and very easy to perform.
Follow Instructions to Download Gmail Messages, Contacts, Calendars etc
through Google Takeout
1) In the beginning, loin to your
Gmail account
2) Click on your “profile pic” from
right upper section >> Now click on the “Account”
3) Now you will be in another tab
with a new window >> Click on “Download data” from the account tool
section
4) Select required products such as:
mail, calendars and contacts, etc. (or click on Select All button to choose all
products) >> Now press the Next button.
5) Now Customize download format:
- Select “.zip” from the File Type
- Choose “send download link via email” from the Delivery Method
6) The backup process is done now it will take some time before
it is ready to download
7) After a short time, an email message will be delivered
automatically with the download link >> Click on the “Download Archive”
button.
8) A last pop-up will be in front of you with complete details
>> Click on “Download” button, that’s it.
9) Now you can see that your Gmail messages, contacts and
calendars will be available on your PC in a .zip folder. Go to a download
folder where .zip file is stored.
10) Extract all folders of .zip folder and you will find that
separate folders are generated for mail, contacts and calendars.
Note:
1) Entire mail will be downloaded in a file with .mbox
extension that can be imported or opened through many desktop email clients
such as: Mozilla Thunderbird, Apple Mail, Entourage, Eudora Mail, SeaMonkey and
PocoMail etc. if you want to open these files in MS Outlook then you can convert MBOX files to PST format first then it will be easy to access PST files with any version of MS Outlook.
2) All contacts will be downloaded in separate .vcf(vCard)
files that are supported by many email clients such as: MS Outlook, Lotus
Notes, Thunderbird as well as mobile devices such as: iPhone, iPad, Blackberry,
Nokia phone, Samsung, nexus, LG, Motorola etc.
3) Calendars will be stored in .ics file format which is
also supported by MS Outlook and Lotus Notes etc.
