Transfer Data between Google Workspace Accounts: 6 Top Ways

• Why Transfer Data between Google Workspace Accounts?
• Transfer Data between Google Workspace Accounts in MultCloud: 4 Ways
  ►By Cloud Transfer
  ►By Team Transfer
  ►By "Copy to"
  ►By Email Migration
• Transfer Data between Google Workspace Accounts in Google Admin Console: 2 Ways
• Conclusion

Why Transfer Data between Google Workspace Accounts?

If you or your group have more than one Google Workspace account, you may meet several situations where you are eager for migrating data between Google Workspace accounts.

🔍Merge Accounts

If you have multiple Google Workspace accounts and want to combine them into one, you will need to transfer data from one Google Workspace account to another.

🔍Collaborate with External Partners

If you are cooperating with external partners who use Google Workspace, you may need to migrate data between Google Workspace accounts so that you two can work on the same project in real time.

🔍Data Backup and Recovery

Transfering data between Google Workspace accounts is also a great way to make a backup of the original cloud data, adding an extra layer to your important business information and helping with easy recovery during sudden data loss.

🔍Employee Turnover

If one of your employees leaves the company where all workers use the Google Workspace, it is necessary to transfer data to another employee or to another shared account, for data security as well as work continuity.

In any case, it is quite complicated and troublesome to migrate Google Workspace to Google Workspace, since it takes you a lot of time and effort to carefully transfer data from one account to one or more accounts. And even a tiny mistake can result in massive data loss. So, here in this article, we will show 5 ways to transfer G Suite account to another of the same and different domains.

Transfer Data between Google Workspace Accounts in MultCloud: 4 Ways

If you want to transfer your Google Workspace account to another, the normal way is to download all the data from the old account and then re-upload these data to the new account all by yourself. But with an excellent web-based multiple cloud storage manager called MultCloud, you can easily transfer files from one Google Workspace account to another no matter in the same domain or not. 

MultCloud is a free third-party cloud file manager that aims to help you manage and transfer data across 30+ major clouds seamlessly and securely in one easy-to-use interface without switching accounts, installing, downloading, or uploading anything.

To help you transfer Google Workspace data to another account easily, MultCloud provides three simple and fast functions. You can choose among “Cloud Transfer”, “Copy to”, "Team Transfer", and "Email Migration" functions according to your specific needs. 

Now you can follow the step-by-step guide to move data between Google Workspace accounts without any extra time and effort for completely free.

Method 1. Migrate Data between Google Workspace Accounts by Cloud Transfer

Step 1. Create a MultCloud account for free.

Step 2. Click “Add Cloud” and choose Google Workspace to add to MultCloud. Then repeat this step to add another Google Workspace account to MultCloud as well.

Step 3. Enter the “Cloud Transfer” page, select one of your Google Workspace accounts or files and folders in it as the source directory, then select another Google Workspace account or a folder in it as the destination directory.

 Step 4. Click “Transfer Now” and the Cloud Transfer task will start immediately.

Method 2. Transfer Files between Google Workspace Accounts by Team Transfer

Step 1. Switch to the "Team Transfer" page of MultCloud.

Step 2. Add one of your Google Workspace accounts as the source by clicking "Add Source Cloud". Then click "Add Target Cloud" to add another Google Workspace account as the destination.

Step 3. Match the sub-accounts of source and destination by clicking "Batch Match" above or manually ticking the source and target sub-accounts one by one.

Step 4. Now click "Transfer Now" to start Google Workspace team migration at once. What's more, the schedule, email notification, and filter functions of the Cloud Transfer feature can also be set up in Team Transfer.

Method 3. Transfer Data between Google Workspace Accounts by “Copy to”

Step 1. Open one of your Google Workspace accounts in MultCloud.

Step 2. Tick the files and folders which you want to transfer from Google Workspace.

Step 3. Click “Copy to” in the feature bar above, select another Google Workspace account in the pop-up window and click “OK”. Then you can find the transferred data in the target Google Workspace account.

Method 4: Transfer Google Workspace Email to Another Account by Email Migration

Step 1. Log in to the MultCloud account and click "Add Email" and choose the Gmail icon. Then, sign in to Gmail with the source Google Workspace account. Of course, add the target Google Workspace to MultCloud by clicking "Add Cloud" and the Google Workspace icon.

Step 2. Select "Email Migration" in the left bar and choose Gmail in the left box and the tartget Google Workspace folder in the right box.

Step 3. Open "Options" to check the migration settings and tap on "Migrate Now" to start migrating Gmail to Google Workspace.

Transfer Data between Google Workspace Accounts in Google Admin Console: 2 Ways

The above 3 convenient ways can help you transfer Google Workspace account to another no matter as an admin or just a user of this group. But if you are the admin of a Google Workspace group and want to help your team users to transfer files between Google Workspace accounts or migrate Google Drive to another domain, then the next two methods are also suitable for you to directly transfer data between G Suite accounts.

Method 1. Migrate Data between Google Workspace Accounts by Data Migration

Tip Before Operating: This way allows you to transfer all kinds of data from one Google Workspace account to another under the condition that you are an admin of this domain.

Step 1. Sign in to Google Admin Console with your Google Workspace account.

Step 2. Click "Account" and choose "Data migration" in Google Admin Console.

Step 3. Click "SET UP DATA MIGRATION" and select Google Workspace as the source server.

Step 4. Choose the start date of your migration and click "SELECT USERS".

Step 5. Click "Add user", and enter the source email, password, and Google Workspace email in the pop-up window.

Step 6. Click "START" to start the data migration of Google Workspace accounts.

Method 2. Transfer Data between Google Workspace Accounts by Transferring Ownership

Step 1. In Google Admin Console, click Apps>Google Workspace>Drives and Docs>Transfer ownership.

Step 2. Enter the email addresses to which you are going to transfer file ownership.

Step 3. Click “TRANSFER FILES” and the files’ ownership will be transferred to the new Google Workspace account at once.

Conclusion

After learning how to transfer data between Google Workspace accounts through 6 different helpful ways, now you can choose the most suitable way to transfer G Suite account to another based on your specific situation and requirements.

Besides, MultCloud also provides other excellent features for you to manage multiple cloud storage services most efficiently. You can use Cloud Sync to sync data between Google Workspace accounts and other clouds through 1 of 10 great sync modes, including Real Time Sync, Two-way Sync, Mirror Sync, Incremental Sync, etc. And you can use Cloud Backup to backup Google Drive automatically with another cloud and manage the versions of each backup clearly in MultCloud.