Migrate Gmail to G Suite: Technique to transfer Gmail emails to G Suite
This tutorial will help you to migrate Gmail to G Suite. Several users want to know:
- How to transfer Gmail folders to G Suite account?
- How to export data from Gmail account to G Suite account?
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Gmail to G Suite Migration will help users to upgrade or transfer folders from Gmail account to G Suite/Google Apps. With this tutorial, we discuss free as well as advanced third-party Gmail to G Suite Migration Tool.
Free ways to migrate Gmail emails to G Suite
Google provides a free method to migrate Gmail mailboxes to G Suite account. Follow the steps for the data transfer using Google Data Migration service –
- Login to your Google Admin Console with Administrator account.
- Go to Data Migration option under More Controls from Admin Console page.
- Select Email option
- Select Gmail option in the migration source list and click on Connect
- Accept default options or choosemigrate to delete and junk email
- Click on Add (+) and select user
- Enter Gmail account email address in Migration From
- Enter G Suite account email address in Migrate To
- Hit the Authorize button and again sign in to your account
- Now, provide review and grant permission for Gmail account to access emails. Click Allow.
- Copy and paste the authentication code in the Authorization Code field.
- Click on Start button to start the process of migration.
Shortcomings of free solution
The above provided free solution is not suitable for non-technical users. The whole process needs technical knowledge to implement it. Moreover, it is a very time-consuming process that may take much time and sometimes users may lose their valuable data during Gmail to Google Apps migration.
Automated tool to migrate Gmail mailboxes to G Suite
In the above section, we have discussed a free way to migrate Gmail emails to G Suite account but found it with some limitations. Therefore, to overcome the limitations, one can use a third-party application. One such application is WholeClear Mail Migration by which the data can be easily migrated to G Suite from Gmail account.
If offers direct and unlimited data migration from Gmail account to G Suite account. Users are asked to provide login details of both the accounts and the software will initialize the migration. Follow the steps to quickly perform Gmail data to G Suite Migration –
- Download and Install the software in your Windows PC.
- Provide host address, username and password of your Gmail account in source account authentication form. (Host address for Gmail: imap.gmail.com)
- Similarly, provide G Suite account host address, email address, and password. Press Authenticate Me button (Host address for G Suite: imap.gsuite.com)
- Choose Gmail account all folders or select a folder that you want to export.
- Use Filters to export data of a particular date range, subject to, cc, bcc, etc.
- Now, choose folder of G Suite account where you want to save Gmail data. You can create a new folder to import Gmail data.
- To begin the export process, hit Start Transferring button.
Note: Kindly enable IMAP option and allow less secure apps in Gmail and G Suite both accounts prior this migration.
Highlighted features of Gmail to G Suite Migration Tool
- Export whole data of Gmail account to G Suite at once.
- Easy to setup and simple to use application even for novice users
- Migrate unlimited accounts one by one
- No interruption in migrating Gmail folders to G Suite
- Advanced filters to export data based on date range, to, cc, bcc, subject, etc.
- Do not harm the hierarchical order of mailbox folders
Closure
With this post, you can get methods to transfer Gmail data to G Suite account with attachments and other details. Being a novice user, you may face some issues with the manual solution then you may opt the third-party software that is simple to understand. You can check the working capacity and features of the application by downloading the free trial.
