If you want to recover your email information, you should know how to restore and import Gmail emails and contacts with Mbox Backup. Here we will show you the whole procedure step by step.
How to restore and import Gmail emails and contacts with an Mbox backup
This tutorial is designed for all those who have a backup of their mail, so we recommend you make a backup beforehand. Once you have the backup, you must unzip it and this is where the recovery process begins.
Gmail account settings
- The first step to recover the files from a Backup of your mail is to go to the configuration tab. For this you must press on the gear-shaped button located in the upper right area of ​​Gmail. There click on Settings.
- Go to the Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab. Here you will find two options POP Mail Download and IMAP Access, you need to enable both options. After enabling the above options, you must click on Save changes.
Download the ImportExportTools extension and Thunderbird
Thunderbird is a very powerful tool for emails, and it will also be essential in the procedure that we will carry out today. For this reason we recommend you download it right now, you can do it through the following Thunderbird link.
Once you have downloaded the application, it is time to install it. The installation process is like any other application, press next until the end.
ImportExportTools is a tool that will be especially useful for our purposes, so we recommend that you download it beforehand. You can download the file through the following ImportExportTools link.
Set up the Thunderbird app
Once you have properly downloaded and installed the Thunderbird application, it is time to configure it:
- Go to local folders, once you are there locate the option Create a new account and select Email.
- A new setup screen will appear, click Skip this and use my existing email account.
- On the next screen you must put your name, your email address and the password of said account, after this click on Continue. When the process has finished, click on the Done button.
- The next step is to install the extension that we have downloaded before, to do this go to the upper right area and press on the three lines located there. Now click on the Add-ons option.
- Locate the small settings gear located above and to the right. Now select the Install plugin from file option. The system will ask you to locate the plugin, go to the place where you previously downloaded the extension. When you locate it, click on Open.
- After the previous step the application must be restarted. Once you have it open again, go to local folders and press right click.
- Go to ImportExportTools and then select Import Mbox File. A new window will appear, select the first option and then click OK.
It’s time to import your emails
- The time has come to locate the backup file of your emails, for this go to the place where you previously saved it and select the Mail folder, inside there should be an MBOX format file, click on it and then open.
- The imported file will appear as the last option in local folders, to import it to your email you will only have to drag said file to your email located in the upper area of ​​the Thunderbird program.
- After this procedure you will have your emails imported.
import the contacts
The process of importing contacts is much easier, just follow these steps:
- Go to your Gmail account, click on Contacts.
- Once you are inside contacts, click on more and click on the Import option.
- Now select CSV or vCard file, you must search for the backup on your computer, when you locate it, select it and press open,
- After this you will have your contacts again in Google.
Finally, you should know that you can also recover Gmail messages permanently deleted from the trash, so don’t worry anymore and put these methods into practice.
