Google Tells Users to Export Data via Takeout — Takeout Errors Out
tarantulae · x · 2026-10-17
A classic Google contradiction: the company tells users they can grab a copy of their data via Google Takeout, but Takeout itself fails with "Something went wrong and we couldn't create a copy of your Google data. You can try to create a new export."
The screenshot captures the error page, making Google's promised data-portability channel look broken at the exact moment it was being recommended.
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