One of the common questions we receive in the Gmail Help Community is regarding the backing up of emails. At one point in time, 15 GB of storage was considered sufficient to store emails. Not so much these days, especially with the volume of the emails we receive today and the size of the attachments included therein. My standard advice is to consider the following options to take a backup of your Gmail: For new Gmail accounts, forwarding to other email addresses. For older Gmail accounts, back up to another email address using POP3. Using Google Takeout. Using an email client such as Mozilla Thunderbird using POP3. Using GYB - a command line utility. In this article, we will look into each of those options so that they become easier for everyone to understand and follow if they want to enable one or more of these options on their Gmail. Note: One important thing we always advise the users to keep in mind is that the chosen backup method or process should also provide an opt
I'm a Diamond Product Expert for Gmail and Google Accounts and this blog includes articles in English, Bengali and at times Hindi on new Gmail and Google Accounts feature launches or changes, Workarounds or explanations on issues affecting the users in the Gmail and Accounts Help Communities and documenting instructions I do not find in the Help Center articles.