How to Export Gmail Emails Without Using Google Takeout

• User Cases
• Why Export Gmail Emails Without Using Google Takeout?
• How to Export Gmail Emails Without Using Google Takeout but via MultCloud
• How to Export Gmail Emails Without Using Google Takeout but via Gmail Print
• Conclusion

User Cases

Why Export Emails Without Google Takeout?

Google Takeout is projected by Google and is used to export data from various Google products and services. It is a free service and everyone can use it if they have a need to migrate their Google data.

So, Google Takeout seems like a wonderful service but why do some people want to download Gmail emails without Google Takeout? The following aspects may give you a hint.

Now you know the reasons why some people don’t like to use Google Takeout. But how to Gmail account data without using Google Takeout? You can find the answers in the next sections.

 How to Export Gmail Emails Without Using Google Takeout but via MultCloud

The first solution is using MultCloud as an alternative to Google Takeout. MultCloud is a multiple-cloud management service that offers functions like Email Download and Email Migration. Whether you want to export all emails from Gmail to a local position or a cloud, you can use these 2 functions to easily save emails as PDFs.

Unlike using Gmail Print that can only export a single email at once, MultCloud supports exporting up to 200 emails simultaneously. Besides, Email Migration can help you backup emails to various cloud drives like Dropbox, iCloud Drive, OneDrive, and Sharepoint Online rather than only Google Drive. 

Export Gmail Emails to a Local Position by Email Download

Step 1: Enter MultCloud and create a MultCloud account.

Step 2: Click “Add Email” in the left sidebar and choose the Gmail icon. Here you need to log in to your Gmail account so that it can be added to MultCloud.

Step 3: Open Gmail and tick the emails that you want to download. Then click “Download” in the upper bar, or right-click the emails and choose “Download”.

Step 4: Name the package of your downloading emails and select the settings if you need them. Finally, click “OK” to download all Gmail emails to your external hard drive or local drive.

Save Emails from Gmail to Cloud Drives by Email Migration

Step 1: Repeat similar steps to add Google Drive to MultCloud after you have a MultCloud account.

Step 2: Click “Email Migration” and choose Gmail and Google Drive in the boxes. You are also allowed to choose an individual email and folder to export from/to.

Step 3: Click “Migrate Now” and the selected emails will be quickly transferred to Google Drive.

How to Export Gmail Emails Without Using Google Takeout but via Gmail Print

The second way to export Gmail emails without using Google Takeout is using Gmail Print. If you only want to download a very few emails, you can try this way. However, this way will be troublesome if you want to download all the Gmail emails because it only supports downloading one email at once.

Step 1: Enter Gmail and log in to your Google account.

Step 2: Open an email and click the print icon in the upper-right corner. Or, you can click the 3-dots icon and choose “Print”.

Step 3: Choose “Save as PDF” in Destination when a pop-up -window appears and click “Save”. Then this Gmail email will be downloaded to a local position.

Conclusion

After finishing reading this post, you have already mastered 2 solutions on how to export Gmail emails without using Google Takeout. Both of these solutions are recommended, but using MultCloud is better because you can export multiple emails as PDFs at once.

Besides, you can use MultCloud to overcome other cloud-to-cloud tasks. MultCloud has more functions like Cloud Transfer, Cloud Sync, and Cloud Backup. If you want to sync Google Drive with OneDrive, MultCloud can be quite helpful because the steps are streamlined and you can even auto-sync the files.