Once Thunderbird is installed, navigate to Tools > Add-Ons to install the ImportExportTools add-on. Installing Mozilla Thunderbird for importing MBOX to Gmail Mozilla Thunderbird is a free download, and available here: This will allow importing the MBOX to Gmail or extracting to a local folder. Now that you have the MBOX file created, downloaded, and extracted, you need to download Mozilla Thunderbird and the ImportExportTools add-on to process the MBOX file. The Takeout > Mail folder containing the MBOX file Install Mozilla Thunderbird and the ImportExportTools Add-On After downloading and extracting, you will have a folder structure similar to the following:
#Mac mail gmail archive archive#
Generated MBOX archive ready to download to import MBOX back to Gmail if needed Once the archive is completed, you will see the archives available for download via the web interface. You will see a note that large amounts of data can take hours, possibly days to create, so be advised. The archive files are simply split at the 2 GB mark into multiple files.Ĭreating the MBOX archive to import MBOX to GmailĪfter confirming the options here, the Archive progress begins.
#Mac mail gmail archive zip file#
zip file which will be available to download. By default, the process will create the MBOX archive file inside a. A couple of items to note are the file type and archive size. Selecting Mail under the Download your data interfaceĪfter selecting Mail and the folders you wish to export, scroll down to the bottom of the page and choose Next Step.Ĭhoose Next Step to proceed with exporting Gmail from your Google accountĪfter clicking the Next Step button, you will be taken to the options for creating the archive. You can click on this box and customize the folders that are exported (Drafts, Inbox, Junk E-mail, sent, etc) Notice also, by default, All Mail data included is selected. If you only want your Gmail data as we detailing here, choose the Deselect all at the top of the interface, then scroll down to Mail and select the checkbox there.īy default, there is only one format of the MBOX format that is supported for exporting Gmail. Login to your Google account (Login to Gmail, etc)ĭownload your data from your Google account.To get to the administrative interface to download your Google account data follow the steps listed: The process to export the MBOX archive of Gmail data from your Google account is found under the Google account settings right from within the Google account web interface. Install Mozilla Thunderbird and the ImportExportTools Add-On.
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