Exporting emails from Gmail and Importing to cPanel emails

So have you been using Google Workspace email with your domain name? But now for some reason you want to stop using Google Workspace and try your cPanel emails. There can be various reasons you want to switch like Google Workspace is expensive when its more than 1 emails account or any other reason.

In this guide we will try to explain how easily you can export your emails from Google Workspace and import them to your cPanel account.

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Let’s export emails from Gmail or Google Workspace

First of all you need to export your all emails from Gmail so you can later import them to your cPanel hosting account.

1. Go to Google Takeout

First of all go to Google takeout and deselect everything and only select Mail. So you can export to download mbox file of your emails. Click next so google can create your downloadable link and email you.

2. Download emails when its ready!

Your google account data is ready to download

Now you just have to wait for google to send you email with link to download your mbox file. Please download this file and save into your computer.

Import Mbox Emails file to your cPanel Email Account

So now you have backup of your emails as Mbox in your local machine. There are various ways to import them into your cPanel account but we will be using the method we have been using for long time.

1. Download Thunderbird and Install it

First of all download and install Thunderbird Application.

2. Go to settings and Change Mbox File location

Now in thunderbird go to Settings and then go to account settings. There select Local Folders and select Local directory same where you have stored google’s mbox file.

Once you do that now you will see all your emails are visible in local directory.

3. Move emails to cPanel email account

First make sure you have added email through IMAP of your cPanel account. IMAP will automatically upload your emails to your server so without IMAP port it will not.

Then select folder from Local Folders which have your emails and drag it to your email name. This will start putting emails from Local Folders to your email folder and IMAP will start synching it on your remote cPanel server.

Final Words

Please note we already have tried outlook and many other apps. Nothing have worked only thunderbird worked nicely. One problem you can face all emails are in 1 folder. That’s the only issue you will face will this import and export.

Thank you!