Degoogling - Getting your info from Google via Google Takeout

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Degoogling - Getting your info from Google via Google Takeout

I did a search for posts on Google Takeout before posting this and the only one I saw was from a year ago so I guess its ok to post this.

I just learned about it this morning.

The TLDR; is that you can request all the info Google has on you, in my case I want to do something with that data as I move away from Google, but just seeing what they have is nuts.

You might want to consider doing so.

(i would link the url, but its long and ugly, just search for Google Takeout, you will find it)

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I don't google but isn't it this?

https://takeout.google.com/settings/takeout

If you have a "long and ugly" URL, it's usually because it's full of tracking. Use something like URLCheck or Léon from F-Droid to sanitize that garbage.

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Actually there is a custom filter for uBlock Origin for that:

https://github.com/DandelionSprout/adfilt/blob/master/LegitimateURLShortener.txt

You add this as a custom filter to uBlock, and it does all the URL cleaning without needing an extra extension.

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it's not perfect, it loses tons of data for some reason. there's also pretty much no way to properly archive documents in google docs (their history/metadata)

fuck google

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i actually recently tried this, and for some reason almost all the files were empty, didnt even contain my mails

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The drawback is, despite you can delete your data from Google, it is only possible if you have an Google account.

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Thanks I’m Already Considered Removing Them Once I Have My New Home Made PC

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