Google Data Liberation Front


The Google Data Liberation Front is an engineering team at Google whose "goal is to make it easier for users to move their data in and out of Google products." The team, which consults with other engineering teams within Google on how to "liberate" Google products, currently supports 27 products. The purpose of the Data Liberation Front is to ensure that data can be migrated from Google once an individual or company stops using their services.

Google Takeout

On June 28, 2011, Google's Data Liberation Front engineering team released their first product, after 4 years in development, called Google Takeout, which allows a Google user to export data from supported services.
ServiceDate "liberated"Notes
Google BuzzJune 28, 2011
Google Circles and ContactsJune 28, 2011
Picasa Web AlbumsJune 28, 2011
Google profileJune 28, 2011
Google streamJune 28, 2011
+1July 15, 2011
Google TasksAugust 1, 2011via the Google Tasks Porter
Google VoiceSeptember 6, 2011
Gmail chat logsSeptember 15, 2011
Google DocsJanuary 24, 2012
YouTubeSeptember 26, 2012
Google CalendarDecember 5, 2013
GmailDecember 5, 2013

Data Transfer Project

On July 20, 2018, announced the Data Transfer Project in partnership with Facebook, Microsoft, and Twitter, an ecosystem which features data portability between multiple online platforms without the need of downloading and re-uploading data.