Although your Gmail email is safely stored on Google's immense servers, it's all the time a good idea to have your own backup.
The instructions here are for Windows, but the Linux version is virtually identical. If you do use another platform please check the links at the bottom of this record for additional instructions.
Windows 7 Backup
To get your backups going on Windows succeed these steps:
Note: If you have secret your All Mail folder you should unhide it before you start the backup.
1. Download Gmail-Backup. This is a free download however there is an selection to make a donation as with all open source programs. Do a Google quest for Gmail backup and it's the first result. You have to scroll down to find the link for the.exe file for Windows.
2. When the download is complete, install Gmail Backup by executing the downloaded file. succeed the instructions and keep all default values.
The facility creates an icon for Gmail Backup on the desktop.
3.Double click the icon to start the program.
4.Specify your Gmail login and Gmail password.
5. For Server enter imap.gmail.com.
6. pick your preferred backup folder and give the backup file a name.
Notes:
- The file is called GmailBackup-Yyyy-Mm-Dd.zip on purpose. This date format ensures that your backup files are listed in date order. So if you are used to a dissimilar date format, don't change it here. The.zip file extension tells Gmail Backup to save the backup in a zip file.
- We advise that you originate a new folder for the backup files.
- If you have been using Gmail for a while you might have to change the date interval to backup all your emails. The date interval can be used to speed up subsequent backups by omitting emails which have been backed up already.
7. Click Backup. If you see an error message saying cannot passage Imap folders it is because your All Mail folder is hidden. In this case you will need to unhide the folder before you start the backup.
8.When you see the message "Ending backup of account...", the backup is complete.
To restore your emails from a backup succeed these steps:
1. Start Gmail Backup. Gmail Backup remembers your Gmail login and the name of the last backup file.
2. Enter your password. Verify that the name of the backup file is correct.
3. Click Restore.
You will get a message: "End of restoring account..." This means the restore is complete.
Note:
You can perform a backup from one Gmail catalogue and restore to another Gmail account. This can be beneficial if you want to test the restore function or if you want to move emails from one Gmail catalogue to another Gmail account.
How To Backup And Restore Your Gmail Emails