GOOGLE ALBUM ARCHIVE SHUTTING DOWN ON THIS DAY

Jun 20, 2023 Ankita Baidya

Google album archive

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Shut Down

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EMAILS to users

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DATA on Archives

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Google Takeout

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Move the data

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ManagE data

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Backup data

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