The transfer of data from a Loyola Google account is available only to students and retirees. Employees are not permitted to transfer Loyola content to a personal account.

You may choose which content to transfer. Available options include Google Drive files and email. Please note that calendar entries and contacts will not be included in this process.

The process may take several hours or, in some cases, several days depending on the volume of data. To help reduce transfer time, we recommend deleting any unnecessary emails or files before beginning the process.

Before beginning the process, it is helpful to check the current storage usage on your Google account. To view your storage amount, follow these steps:

1. Login to your Loyola account via a web browser, such as Chrome or Safari.  

2.Click on the Google Apps icon and select Drive.

 

 

3. On the left side of the screen, at the bottom, select storage.

 

 

Personal Gmail accounts are limited to 15g.  If your Loyola storage is more than 15g, you will need to delete items in your Google Drive or email to reduce the storage before proceeding with the transfer instructions below.

 

 

 

Below are some instructions to start the process.  

1. Using a web browser, such as Google Chrome or Safari, go to gmail.com and login to your Loyola email account.

2. Click on your profile icon at the upper right corner of your screen and select Manage Google Account.

 

 

3. On the left side of the screen, select "Home". 

 

 

4. At the top of the window, you will see a box labeled "Transfer your content".  Click on "Start Transfer".  

 

 

5. In Step 1, you will need to add a personal gmail account or use the link to create a new one, if you do not have one already.  Do not enter an address that is not a gmail address.

 

 

6. Once the email address is entered, click on "Send Code".  A code will be sent to your personal gmail account.

 

7. Check your personal gmail account for a message from Google.  The subject will be "Verify your account".  Within that message, click "Get confirmation Code".  Copy the code displayed and go back to the previous tab and enter / paste the code.

 

 

 

8. You will be asked to select the content to transfer.  The options are the files you own in your Google Drive and your email.  Make sure the buttons to the right of the options you want are selected.  Then click "Start Transfer".

 

 

9. The transfer will start.  You will receive an email from Google (noreply-account-migration@google.com)  letting you know that the process started.  The length of time it will take will depend on the amount of content it needs to transfer.  This could take hours or perhaps days. 

 

10. When the transfer is complete, you will receive another email in your personal account from Google (noreply-account-migration@google.com).   Open the email to see if the transfer was successful.