Google Drive : Transfer your content

Google Drive File Transfer

Create an account

If you don’t already have a personal Google account, create a Google Account. Your new Google email address will be your username@gmail.com.

Prepare your files

To copy content that other people have shared with you, add those files to My Drive.

Start the copy process

1. In your district Google account, go to: Google Account > Data & privacy > Transfer YourContent > Start Transfer.
2. Enter the email address of the Google Account where you want to copy your content.
3. Select Get code.
4. On your Google Account, check your Gmail inbox for a confirmation email from Google. In the email, select Get confirmation code. A new tab will open with a code.
5. On your school account, go back to the "Transfer your content" page. Enter the code, then choose Verify.
6. Choose the content you'd like to copy, then select Start transfer.

Details about the copy process

• Gmail: e-mails are copied, but contacts, chats and tasks, are not
• Drive: No documents are deleted during the process; copies are created in the new account while the original documents remain unchanged.
• The copy process usually happens within a few hours, but it can take up to a week.
• Copied files might appear in batches on your Google Account during the copy process.
• When your files are finished copying, you'll get an email at your Gmail address.