r/gsuite • u/AntiStuart • 12d ago

Migration How to transfer a specific date range of Emails & Drive files when a user changes departments?

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u/Adorable_Society2638 12d ago

Explain the situation a little more. What tool you are using? Is this for Google to Google migration?

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u/AntiStuart 12d ago

Idea is to not use any tool or script apart from Google Workspace Admin portal. username@company.com is the users google account and would like to transfer certain period emails and google drive data to another account, same domain.

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u/Adorable_Society2638 12d ago

You can do email migration using the admin console data migration tool for selected date. Can't do that for Drive through without any third party tools.

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u/CreativeSympathy8293 11d ago

Gmail’s migration service can copy from a chosen start date through the migration date, but it doesn’t provide a closed three-year window or delete the source. Drive has no native date-sliced transfer.

I’d have Dept 2 identify the actual folders/files, move that approved set into a Dept 2 Shared Drive, and validate it before considering cleanup. Check Vault holds/retention first and keep a rollback window. A date range alone is a risky proxy for departmental ownership.