Harding University Account Cleanup

Recently, Google has made changes to Harding’s Google Workspace account that will limit our storage space.  We will be moved from unlimited storage for Email, Drive, Photos and other applications to a “shared” storage limit for the whole University.  

Because of this, we plan to implement quotas on individual accounts.  Should you need help achieving that quota, Google offers a way to transfer your Harding email and Drive files to another account.  Instructions can be found here:  https://takeout.google.com/transfer 

Things to know about the TRANSFER option:

  • You can only transfer your Email and Drive files
  • This does NOT include Photos, Contacts, Chats or Tasks
  • This option transfers ALL email and/or ALL drive files – you cannot choose which ones to transfer
  • This option only allows transferring content to an @gmail.com account
    • Please note: a personal Gmail account has a storage limit of 15 GB for all applications. Use caution if your @harding.edu account uses more than 15 GB of storage

If you prefer, you can “download” your Harding Google content.  Instructions can be found here:  https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/3024190?hl=en

Things to know about the DOWNLOAD option:

  • You can choose which content you would like to move – you do not have to move all your email and/or all your Drive files – you may choose which ones to move
  • This option creates a “zipped archive” of your data that will need to be uploaded and processed
  • While this option provides more flexibility, you will need to “unzip” your data, upload it and process it, depending on the application

We thank you for your understanding and cooperation.