{"id":416,"date":"2017-04-28T07:16:46","date_gmt":"2017-04-28T07:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kerneldatarecovery.com\/blog\/?p=416"},"modified":"2021-04-07T06:22:00","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T06:22:00","slug":"how-to-export-mbox-file-from-your-gmail-account-and-restore-mbox-emails-back-to-gmail-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kerneldatarecovery.com\/blog\/how-to-export-mbox-file-from-your-gmail-account-and-restore-mbox-emails-back-to-gmail-account\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Export MBOX File from Your Gmail Account, And Restore MBOX Emails Back to Gmail Account"},"content":{"rendered":"

When you\u2019re using Gmail for email communication, the good thing is that it doesn\u2019t require any additional resources (like third-party software) to export or backup your mailbox data. All your messages and items in the Gmail mailbox can be downloaded via POP and IMAP. It\u2019s easy to backup, export, and import your data\u2014all you need is to sign in to your account and create an archive.<\/p>\n

MBOX uses a single text file format to store its emails (in concentrated format\u2014each message is saved one after the other). Also, MBOX is a free, open-source format supported by man email clients like Thunderbird, Apple Mail, Eudora, and many others. And Gmail allows users to backup their mailbox data in MBOX format. They can restore this MBOX backup file to Gmail when there is a need.<\/p>\n

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Try automated tool MBOX to PST Converter<\/a> to restore MBOX file to Gmail, PST, DBX, MSG, EML, PDF, MHTML, and Exchange Server.<\/p>\n

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Here are the steps to export Gmail data to MBOX and restore MBOX data to Gmail:<\/h4>\n

Module I: Export Gmail data to MBOX file<\/h3>\n

Here\u2019s how you can export your Gmail items in MBOX format.
\nSteps to download the copy of your Gmail mailbox in MBOX format<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. To download, select message(s), launch your Google Mail by setting a label. For example, select “messages to download<\/strong>” to download only the message(s) that are important to you.<\/li>\n
  2. Go to https:\/\/takeout.google.com\/settings\/takeout<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. Select “Select None<\/strong>”
    \nNote: <\/strong>Thunderbird can save only emails, as it cannot hold other data.<\/li>\n
  4. Scroll down to “Mail<\/strong>“, and select the gray X to the right\n