How to Back Up and Restore Your Emails from Gmail


Although its Gmail e-mail is stored safely in massive servers of Google, it is always a good idea to have your own backup.

These instructions are for Windows, but the Linux version is virtually identical. If you use another platform, please check the links at the bottom of this article for further instructions.

For your current Windows backups do the following:


Note: If you hide all messages folder you should show before you start the backup.

1. Download Gmail Backup. Do a Google search for Gmail backup and is the first result. The installation creates an icon for the backup Gmail on the desktop.

2. Specify your Gmail login and Gmail password.

3. To enter imap.gmail.com server.

4. Select the preferred backup folder and give the backup file a name.

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    The file is called GmailBackup-YYYY-MM-DD.zip goal. This date format ensures that the backup files are listed in chronological order. file extension The.zip said Gmail Backup to store the backup in a zip file.
    We recommend that you create a new folder for backup files.
    If you use Gmail for awhile, you may have to change the date range to save all your emails. The date range can be used to speed up subsequent backups omitting emails that have already been saved.

5. Click Save. If you see an error message stating that it can not access IMAP folders is because your record All mail is hidden. To restore your emails from a backup, follow these steps:

1. Start Gmail backup. backup Gmail to remember your Gmail login and name of the last backup file.

2. Enter your password. Make sure the name of the backup file is correct.

3. Click Restore.

Note:

You can back up and restore a Gmail account to another Gmail account. This can be useful if you want to test the restore function or if you want to move e-mail from a Gmail account to another Gmail account.

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