Gmail – When using Gmail’s “copy and transfer”, do the data in the original account remain untouched or does it get deleted

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I'm using Google's "Control Your Content" tool under "My Account" and I'd like to "transfer your content," however, what I want to do is copy all data from one account to another without impacting the original account. In other words, I want to copy, not copy and delete original. Can anyone tell if this is the default behavior when you choose this option?

Best Answer

Creating an archive using Control Your Content makes a copy of your data, but it doesn't actually delete anything.

From the relevant help page:

Note: Downloading your data does not delete it from Google’s servers.