Google Takeout
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
3recommend
5warn against
Dec 30, 2025first mention
Sep 21, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“then Google Takeout to verify the message set before deleting anything”
“I've never had a problem with Google Takeout the multiple times I've used it.”
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“periodically do a full Google Takeout of your images”
Caveats and dissent
“Agree - it's annoying.”
“they are black boxes that don't make things easy or convenient for people”
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“Technically complete, practically unreadable for day-to-day work.”
“the only way to backup is via Takeout. It's terrible.”
Often compared with
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Data: google-takeout.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 11
“Agree - it's annoying.”
“you can request a Google Takeout of your photos”
“then Google Takeout to verify the message set before deleting anything”
“Google takeout should be a last option even for banned accounts”
“they are black boxes that don't make things easy or convenient for people”
“Technically complete, practically unreadable for day-to-day work.”
“I've never had a problem with Google Takeout the multiple times I've used it.”
“You could manually do it with Google Takeout”
“periodically do a full Google Takeout of your images”
“the only way to backup is via Takeout. It's terrible.”
“wrangle those 50GB takeout dumps”