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Google Transfer Pop up

CaitlinR161 — Tue, 12 May 2026 17:19:50 GMT

This morning a couple of our faculty members reached out about a blue pop up in their Chrome browser prompting them to transfer their Google Workspace content to a personal account. Our IT department did not send these nudges and we initially thought it was a phishing attack. It appeared to originate from Google Takeout. Does anyone have insight into how to turn these nudges off or why they went out?

Re: Google Transfer Pop up

kennyds — Tue, 12 May 2026 23:58:50 GMT

Thank you for raising this concern and providing feedback!

The banner is surfacing to build awareness for the new inclusion of Google Photos in the Takeout Graduation service. We have reached out to the associated product engineering team to share the feedback we have received. The banner should not appear for users having Takeout Transfer disabled.

Kenny DS

Google Workspace for Education
Solutions Engineer, Higher Education