Google Takeout is a Google feature that allows you to export data from various Google services, including contacts, emails, calendars and photos. It is possible to use the tool to recover old photos stored in Google Photos. In this tutorial, we explain what Google Takeout is, how to use it and recover old photos.
What is Google Takeout and what is it for?
It's a Google feature that allows you to export your data from various Google services, oo Gmail, Google Photos, Google Drive and more. It creates a compacted folder of all your data so you can download and keep it safe.
In addition to being a way for you to download a backup of your data, Google Takeout is also useful for migrating your data to other services. For example, if you're moving to new email, you can use Google Takeout to export your emails from Gmail and import them into your new email provider.
o use Google Takeout?
Using Google Takeout is quite simple. The first thing you need to do is go to the Google Takeout website and select the services you want to export.
You can choose to export all of your data or select just some of the services. After selecting the services, you can choose the one you want to receive your data. You can choose to receive a packaged file via email or download a file to your computer.
Once you've selected services and format, you can choose how often you want to export your data. You can choose to export your data once, daily, weekly or monthly.
o recover old Google Takeout photos?
o see old photos from Google Photos?
To view your old photos, you will need to follow the steps below:
- Go to the Google Takeout website;
- Select “Google Photos”;
- Click on “Next step”;
- Select the maximum file format and size;
- Open your email and download the file;
- Unzip the file using a program like WinRAR or WinZip;
- Open the “Google Photos” folder and view your photos.
Ready! Now you know how to recover your old photos using Google Takeout.
what do I do to rescue photos from Orkut?
It is no longer possible to redeem Orkut data, but you can check if you have any previous requests for Orkut data by following the steps below:
- Log in to your Google account;
- Click on “Create new order”;
- Select “Show previous orders”;
- Search for Orkut;
- If you find it, you can download your data.
Tip: To ensure that you always have a recent backup of your data, we recommend that you configure Google Takeout to export your data at least once a month.
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