Why do graduates need to use Google Transfer or Takeout?
Google Transfer and Takeout are services that allow you to export your email, calendars, and Google Drive files. After you graduate from Kenyon College, your account will only be active for 120 days. Kenyon has cybersecurity obligations that require us to deactivate accounts, after which point you will lose access to things like your Kenyon Gmail account and Google Drive. However, we do allow you take an archive of the Google assets that you've accumulated while you've been at Kenyon.When should I use Google Transfer or Takeout?
You should use Google Transfer or Takeout as soon as you know that your account will be deactivated and any time that you want to make a backup of the resources in your Google Account. Google Transfer and Takeout requests can take several hours to several days to process due to the amount of data in many Google Accounts, so you should plan ample time to allow the process to complete. You can continue to use your computer and Google services while the Google process is working. See Exporting using Google Transfer or Google Takeout for more information.In this section: