Gmail Accounts at Covenant College

When will my account be deleted after I graduate/do not return?

If you have recently graduated, your Banner/Gmail account will stay active through August 15 following commencement.

If you are an undergraduate student who is not returning, your Banner/email account will remain active until after the start of the next term. Accounts will be disabled on February 15 for fall students who do not return in the spring; and September 15 for spring students who do not return in the fall.

If you are a graduate student who is not returning, your Banner/email account will remain active until the start of the next term. This is normally about 1 year after the beginning of your last enrollment term.

For all students - you will begin receiving email notifications to your Covenant College email address 30 days before your account is scheduled to be disabled.

Important: If you have any Google documents that you would like to keep, please be sure to download them to a personal device before your Covenant account is disabled.

Copy content from your Covenant account to another Gmail account using Google Takeout

Sign onto your COVENANT Google account and carefully follow the steps listed below:

Log onto Google Takeout (takeout.google.com).
Under "Select data to include", deselect all, then check Google Drive. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click Next Step.
Under "Choose file type, frequency & destination, set the Delivery method to "Add to Drive." Scroll down to the bottom of the page and Click Create Export. Note: if your Google Drive is large, you may want to wait until Google sends you an email notifying you that the export is complete).
Once the export is complete, log onto Google Drive (drive.google.com) using your Covenant account.
Open the folder named "Takeout". Right-click on the file and select "Share."
Share the file with your non-Covenant Gmail address. Google will ask if you want to share outside of your organization. Select "Share anyway."

Sign off of your Covenant Google account. Now, sign onto your NON-COVENANT Google Account and complete the following steps:

Log onto Google drive (drive.google.com).
Go to "Shared with me" .
Right-click on the Takeout file (it will be named "takeout" plus the year, month, day, and time of your export). Select "Make a copy". Google will create a copy of the zipped file with you as the owner.
Double-click the "Copy of takeout" file and select "Open with ZIP Extractor (located at the top center of your screen). When Zip Extractor is ready to extract the files, click the blue "Extract" button. This will extract all of the files to Google Drive.
When Zip Extractor has finished extracting the files, click "View Files." You now have a folder named "Takeout" that is owned by you and contains all of your Covenant Google Drive files.
If you wish, you can drag the "Takeout" folder to your My Drive for easier access. You can also rename the folder by right-clicking it and selecting the Rename option.