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Does the Gmail export retain all my Gmail labels/folders? - Connect IT Community | Kaseya
<main> <article class="userContent"> <p>If you export all of your backed up Gmail data in a single export, the individual labels on those email messages will not be retained.<br><br> If you need to retain the label structure, instead of performing a full Gmail account export, you should export each Gmail label individually. Here's an example of how to do that:<br><br> *Export a Gmail label using Spanning Backup<br> *Download the exported data using the download URL from the email notification<br> *Use your archiving software to extract the contents of the dowloaded file (you should be left with a .mbox file)<br> *Create an empty email folder in the local email client on your computer<br> *Import the exported .mbox file directly into the local email client<br> *Choose the newly created folder when asked where you want to import the data<br><br> You'll need to repeat those steps for each Gmail label that you're wanting to import into the local email client on your computer. <br> </p> </article> </main>