Download emails from Gmail

Gmail keeps all the mails you don’t throw away. Still, some people like to keep a mail archive on their own computer. Which can! To do this, download the data and save it easily. It is also possible to print emails.

Create a mail archive on the PC with all important mails from your Gmail account.

• surf to www.gmail.com and log in if you are not already logged in.
• Click on your initials or profile picture at the top right.
• click on je gomanage ogle account.
• Click on the left Data and Personalization.
• Under ‘Download, delete or plan your data’, click Download your data.
• click on Deselect all items.
• Put a check behind E-mail if it isn’t already there.
• Click at the bottom Next step.
• If necessary, under ‘Delivery method’, select Send download link via email.
• click on Create export. You will receive an email with a download link when the archive is ready.

This way you can view the mails that you have stored on the PC.

• Open the email stating that the archive is ready.
• click on Download your files. Sometimes there are multiple download links. This is because there are too many files to download at once. In that case, for example, click download 1 of 2 and download 2 of 2.
• If necessary, log in again with your Google account.
• click on To download. In Chrome, the file will be downloaded immediately.
• Open File Explorer and navigate to the folder where your downloads come in. This is often the “Downloads” folder.
• The zip file containing your mail archive is called ‘Takeout’. Right click on the folder > Unpack everything > unpacking to extract the zip file.
• Then double click on the folder with the same name to view the archive.