It is always a good idea to have a local backup of Gmail messages. You may rely on Google to store your emails online.However, in some cases, you may lose access to your emails.
For example, Google can accidentally locked your Google account or your account is compromised and the hacker removes all your Gmail messages. If any of them happens, there is still a chance to restore your messages and get them back to the existing Gmail account or a new one.
For example, Google can accidentally locked your Google account or your account is compromised and the hacker removes all your Gmail messages. If any of them happens, there is still a chance to restore your messages and get them back to the existing Gmail account or a new one.
There are many tools that can be used to back up and restore your Gmail messages. This tutorial will describe how to use Gmail Backup utility.
You would need to enable IMAP access in your Gmail account before using Gmail Backup.
Enable IMAP access
Log in to your Gmail. Click the gear button -> Mail settings.
Click the Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab. Check the ‘Enable IMAP’ radio button.
Using Gmail Backup tool
This utility is rather easy to use. Visit this link to download the latest version of the tool. The download is available for Windows and Linux. After install the Gmail Backup app, run the application to begin backing up your Gmail messages.
You can then fill in the neccesary information such as your Gmail address, password. Choose the local folder on your computer where you would like to store your backup files. To improve the speed of the process you can also select the date of your emails that you would like to back up.
Click the Backup button to start the process.
To restore your Gmail messages, fill in the account that you want to recover. Choose the local folder where you used to store your backup files. Click the Restore button to get your local messages back to your account.
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