UW-Madison Google Workspace - Transfer Google Workspace data to another Google account

Recommended strategies for backing up and transferring Google Workspace data.

• Transfer ownership of Google Drive files to another account

  • Option 1: Google Drive - Transfer File Ownership

  • Option 2: Search for owner:me or owner: firstname lastname (e.g., owner: bucky badger) in Google Drive

    • Log into your UW-Madison Google Drive account.
    • Search for owner:me to see a list of all content owned by your netid@wisc.edu account or owner: firstname lastname to find files owned by a specific individual.
    • Select all files.
    • Follow instructions provided in option 1 to transfer ownership of folders/files.

• Export Google Drive files

  UW-Madison Google Workspace - Exporting Multiple Files from Google Drive

• Export Google Workspace data using Google Takeout

  UW-Madison Google Workspace - Export Data Using Google Takeout

• Copy Google Sites to a different Google Workspace account

  UW-Madison Google Workspace - Copy your Google Site to a different account

• View additional options for backing up Google Workspace data

  UW-Madison Google Workspace - Preserve your data

Note: In order to move files owned by user bbadger into a Team Drive, bbadger must be a member of the Team Drive. bbadger can be removed from the Team Drive after files are migrated.

See Also:

• UW-Madison Google Workspace - Consumer Applications (non-core)