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by Samuel_Michon 4809 days ago
You can download some of your Google data using Google Takeout. It’s far from complete, but if you’re still using Google services, it doesn’t hurt to download a backup once in a while.

The Data Liberation Front lists which services can be backed up, and how to do it: http://www.dataliberation.org/
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Lewisham 4809 days ago
FWIW I believe Takeout does work when your account has been disabled, so that you can transfer to another provider.

EDIT: Although sadly it looks like Gmail is not part of Takeout :/

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bmj 4809 days ago
Right, Gmail is not part of Takeout, but there are third party apps to facilitate this:

http://gmvault.org/

http://www.gmail-backup.com/

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trhtrsh 4809 days ago
Ever mail client written since ~1990 is capable of downloading your Gmail.
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Lewisham 4809 days ago
The problem is that if your account is disabled, it's unlikely you'll be able to acces Gmail, IMAP or otherwise. I think Takeout has an exception so that it works even when your account does not.
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