1. Visit takeout.google.com.
   
2. Enter your CCA email, then select 'Next.'
   
3. Enter your CCA username and password on the CCA SSO login page, then select 'Sign In.'
   
4. Validate your credentials using Duo, if needed.

Your Google account data is spread across a number of tools and services, such as Drive and Gmail, and you can choose which data you wish to include in your download.

Under 'Create a New Export,' select the checkbox next to any tool/service you want to include in your download.

If you want to download all of your data, click 'Select all' to save some time.

When you're finished selecting which data to include in your export, scroll to the bottom of the page, and click 'Next step' to continue.

Select your download destination from the 'Transfer to' dropdown menu:

• 'Send download link via email' - Google emails you links to download exported data to your computer
  
• 'Add to' - Google uploads exported files to the selected digital storage platform (such as Dropbox), and emails you a link to the file location

Under 'Frequency,' select whether you want to download your data just once ('Export once') or on a recurring schedule ('Export every 2 months for 1 year').

1. Under 'File type,' select whether to receive your download as a .zip file or a .tgz file.
   
2. Under 'File size,' select the size of your export file(s).
   • File sizes range from 2GB to 50GB.
     
   • If your download exceeds the selected file size, Google will split your download into multiple files.
     • For example, if you have 48GB of data total, select 50GB to receive a single download file or 10GB to split your download into 5 files.
     • Check your approximate storage totals here (you'll need to be signed into your CCA account).

1. Select 'Create export' when you're ready to start your data download.
   
2. To confirm, sign in with your CCA account credentials to initiate the download.

Depending on the size of your download, exports may take hours or days to complete. You can check on the status ongoing exports from the Google Takeout main page, and you are limited to 3 exports per day.

When your export is complete, you will receive a message to your CCA email containing download or access links for your data/files.

Download Links

Click each download link to download that file to your computer. These links are only valid for 7 days, so make sure to download all data within that timeframe.

Access Links (Digital Storage Platform)

Click the access link to view exported data within the platform you selected.

Google Takeout exports are organized into folders by tool, such as 'Drive' and 'Mail,' and into sub-folders as appropriate.

• A 'Drive' folder, for example, will be split into subfolders based on how you structured your files in Google Drive.

If your data export is split into more than one file, data from one tool (such as Drive) may be split across multiple files.

• For example, if your download consists of three files, a 'Drive' folder may appear in two of those files, but each 'Drive' folder will contain different files.

1. Open the 'archive_browser.html' file from your data download. This file summarizes your data export.
2. Look for an error message in the platform/tool tile in the lefthand sidebar.
3. Click on the tile.
4. Click 'Exported files.'
5. Scroll through the list of files to view more details about any download errors.