Google Takeout is a free mailbox export service that allows Google account users to export all the data associated with their Google account. Users can export data such as Gmail emails, contacts, YouTube history, Google search history, and a lot more.
Google Takeout creates MBOX files while exporting the Google account data, which is not supported by Outlook.
Let’s read further to learn how to export Google Account data using Google Takeout and Open the exported Google Takeout file in Outlook.
How to Export Google Account Data using Google Takeout?
The only way to export data associated with your Google account is to use Google Takeout. It is a free Google service that allows you to export a copy of the data, such as Gmail emails, YouTube history, search history, contacts, etc., associated with your Google account.
Here are the steps to use Google Takeout –
- Login to https://takeout.google.com/.
- You will see the Google Takeout page.
- Under Select data to include, select all the data that you want to export.
- After making your selection, scroll down and click Next Step to proceed.
- In the next step – Choose file type & destination, select the destination, file type, and size using their respective drop-down menus.
- Click on Create export to begin exporting your Google Takeout file.
- The export process will begin. You will receive an email on your Gmail ID notifying you about the export link.
How to Open Google Takeout Files in Outlook?
Google Takeout exports all the data associated with your Google Account in an MBOX file, which is not supported by Outlook. Hence, to open an MBOX file in Outlook, you will need to first convert it into Outlook-importable PST file format.
For this, you can use Steller Converter for MBOX. It is a powerful MBOX to PST converter that helps users effortlessly convert any supported MBOX file to .PST file. You can also use this software to directly export Google Takeout MBOX file data to Outlook/Microsoft 365 in a few steps.
Here are the steps to use Stellar Converter for MBOX –
- Download and install Stellar Converter for MBOX on your computer.
- Launch it.
- On the Home screen, click on Select Mail Client.
- The Select MBOX window will appear. Use the drop-down list to select the mail client.
- Click on the Select Identity button to choose the identity folder for the selected mail client.
- Click Convert.
- Once the scan is complete, preview the MBOX data.
- If you are satisfied with the conversion, click on the Save Converted File button.
- Choose the PST option and follow the on-screen instructions.
After the process is complete, go to the destination folder where the converted PST file is located.
After this, follow the steps below to import the converted PST file into Outlook –
- Launch the Outlook desktop app on your Windows PC and click on File.
- Click on Open & Export > Import/Export.
- You will see the Import and Export Wizard. Select the Import from another program or file option from the given list of actions. Click Next.
- Select Outlook Data File (.pst) and click Next.
- Click on the Browse button to select the Google Takeout PST file.
- Select the option for duplicate items.
- Click Next.
- Select the folder that you want to import. Select all the required options below it.
- Once everything is ready, click Finish.
This will start the process of importing Google Takeout files into your Outlook mailbox. Once it is finished, you will see all your Gmail emails from the Google Takeout file in your Outlook Mailbox.
Conclusion
Google Takeout is the preferred online service to create a copy of the complete data associated like emails, contacts, etc. with their Google account. However, it is a time consuming task and creates an MBOX file, which cannot be directly accessed by Outlook.
Hence, to open a Google Takeout MBOX file in Outlook for Windows, you can use Stellar Converter for MBOX. It is an advanced MBOX to .PST converter that makes it easier for anyone to convert an MBOX file to a PST file. It also helps migrate data from a Google Takeout MBOX file to Outlook directly without the need for converting and saving it as a PST file.
