Leaving Allegheny
Usually, alumni retain access to their Allegheny account through May 15 of the year following graduation. Most employees will lose access almost immediately upon leaving employment with Allegheny. If you want to keep any of the content from your Allegheny account in Google Workspace, you will need to download, back up, or transfer your content before your Allegheny account expires.
Retrieve Your Data on Google Drive
You have two options:
This option will move your Gmail and Google Drive only. It will move it into any personal Google account, as long as you have enough room in the destination account. This option can transfer content from any Google service you choose. It will create a single downloadable file you can save on your computer. It will not transfer anything directly into any other account.
The education website Control Alt Achieve has prepared a tutorial with a video on transferring your Gmail and Drive with Google Takeout.Option 1
Option 2
Note: If you choose to send a download link, you will need to log into your Allegheny email account and download your file or files from there to an external drive.Google Takeout Video Tutorial
Storage Amounts
Your Allegheny account has had unlimited storage, but a personal Google account is limited to 15 GB. Depending on how much storage you’re using for your Allegheny account, you may have to do some cleanup, or purchase more space from Google. Check how much you’re using.
Shared Files
Files and folders shared with you are not part of the transfer, since you are not the owner. You have to either make a copy that you own, or manually download these files and folders to your computer or storage device.
Transfer Ownership
If you own files that you created and shared as part of your job, special project, or student organization, consider transferring ownership of those files before your account is terminated so others do not permanently lose access to those files.
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