Overview
Effective October 1, 2025, all retiree accounts will be transitioned to email-only access. Only Gmail, Calendar, and Contacts will remain available, though Calendar and Contacts will have limited functionality. Features that are typically included in a personal Google account, such as Google Drive (file storage) and Google Meet will no longer be available through your retiree account. Use the instructions on this page to prepare for the transition by migrating data associated with services that will no longer be available to a personal Google account.
Creating a Personal Google Account
Many of the instructions on this page require that you have a personal Google account. If you do not already have a personal Google account, please visit Create a Google Account for instructions.
Migrating Google Services
Google Drive (G: Drive)
Check the storage associated with your UWF Google Drive and your personal Google account before starting this process. You may need to purchase additional storage for your personal account if there is insufficient space to migrate your UWF data.
To copy your Google Drive files to a personal Gmail account, visit the link below:
Copy content from your school account to another account
Please Note: By default, the migration process will select both Drive and Gmail. Upon arriving at step 3 of this process (shown in screenshot below), we strongly recommend selecting to only migrate Google Drive content.
Contacts
To migrate your contacts to a personal Google account, visit the link below:
Download an Archive of Google Service Data
To download an archive of your data stored across multiple Google Services*, visit the link below:
*Note: This data may require additional steps to import into another service or account.