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Nowadays Email is not just a preference also it is mandatory for a big & small enterprise to connect with each other. Gmail has widely used Email Client used by millions of user around the globe. Gmail can be used when the user is connected to a network. But sometimes user prefer to move its contacts, notes, calendar, to another email client i.e. MS Outlook. Because sometimes the user wants to take a backup of their Gmail accounts to local machines to prevent Email from Gmail. In this article, we will discuss how to export Gmail to PST without Outlook manually along with its alternative solution. convert Gmail to PST

Export Gmail to PST

Why the Need to Migrate Gmail to PST Arises?
When any email account is deleted
When data is exported from one email account to the other
When any employee (s) leaves the company
In cases when business owners decide to use different Gmail accounts.
Prepare for Data Exportation
Backing up data is needed.
Download for a particular account from where data migration is projected.
One also needs to prepare the set-up.
Prepare for data exportation from the receiving account
Testing is also needed to see whether all emails have been exported.
Using Google Takeout
We can use this Google Takeout tool, as it is quite a handy one utility to convert Gmail to PST without Outlook. The data exportation at the time of switching from one Gmail’s email account to another one. One can backup data using Google Takeout. This would help in backing up email items including mail messages, contacts, images, Google’s profile, Google Drive’s documents, and even the circles. The entire process is quite simple and straightforward. Once this data is backed up & is totally ready for the download, then an email will be sent from Google, which would say that – “Your-Google-data-archive-is-ready”. The window-period for this data download is provided for the safekeeping of the data. But, if somehow this timeline is missed, then again user needs to perform the backup steps and create fresh new archive once again. The simple steps to do this are given below:

First, log in to Gmail account


Then, open the new tab
Then, go to Google Takeout
After that, select the data that has to be backed up
Click Next now
For backup, select Create-Archive
Then, select Download
This sends a copy of Google Takeout’s folder to downloads’ folder
After that, copy Google Takeout’s zip file/folder to some USB
flash drive or some server’s home folder
One can even download & then save a copy of Google Takeout on home PC.
Manual Method to Prepare the Setup and Export Gmail to PST without Outlook
Firstly, turn-on 2-step verification process for the email account that is at the receiving end
Generate application-specific password for this account
Then, Mozilla Thunderbird or Apple Mac Mail has to be downloaded
Install that as email client
Mozilla Thunderbird or Mac Apple Mail has to be set up. For this:
First, go to Accounts
Then, scroll down
View “signing in”
Click on the “off” link
This would turn on that two-step verification
Walk through this verification process
“App-specific password” tab has to be chosen
“Manage-application-specific-passwords” button has to be clicked
Window opens
Configure new password, which is app-specific
Now, select application
Then, select device required for use
After that, the “Generate” button has to be clicked
Copy the password and keep it secured at some place
Now, download Thunderbird
And then, install Thunderbird
Unzip downloaded file needed from exporting-mail-account
Email client has to be configured
This is required to import email
Setup email account with Thunderbird to import emails from exporting-email-account.
First, launch Thunderbird
Clicked on Create Account then
Now, enter receiving email address
Use password that is app-specific
On completion, Mozilla Thunderbird has to be closed with email account’s setup
Locate MBOX file
Move MBOX file to this location on PC: 


In this, USERNAME is user name for PC
 is an eight-digit number
Once again, launch Mozilla Thunderbird to perform migration from Mac Apple Mail to PST file without Outlook.
Check Whether All Mails Have Been Exported
Once we have done Gmail to PST migration, then, it is time now to check if all mails have been exported to the specified email account. If no emails are there, then check in ‘All Mails’ as there lies a probability to see archived emails there from exported email account.

Alternative Solution to Export Gmail to PST without Outlook


There would be times when this process won’t work as expected, which might make the executor dissatisfied with the result. In such scenarios, one can approach commercial vendors, who provide relevant software for performing this process. MBOX to PST Software is a useful tool for this purpose.

Concluding Remarks


This blog talked about the manual process to export Gmail to PST without Outlook. In a case of non-attainment of satisfactory results for exportation into PST without Outlook, professionals can be approached. Commercial solutions from third-party vendors can do the trick in most cases.

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