Using Google Takeout to Transfer content to another account
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Instructions
Tip: Log in to your Google accounts in separate Google Chrome profiles to avoid conflicts and error messages during your transfer.
From a web browser, log in to the Google account that you’d like to transfer the content from.
Navigate to takeout.google.com/transfer.
Under Enter a destination account, enter the email address that you’d like to transfer the content to. Click Send Code.
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You will receive a code to that email. Enter the code into the Enter Code field, then click Verify.
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Under Select contents to copy and transfer, click Start Transfer.
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If you are asked to sign in again, sign in.
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You will see a confirmation that the transfer is starting.
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Once the transfer has finished, you will receive an email to the account where the content was transferred.
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Instructional Video
If you’d like to see the process step-by-step, watch the video below.