Google is shutting down Orkut, here’s how to safely export your data
Orkut launched 10 years ago and was part of Google’s “20 percent project,” which allowed employes to dedicate a fifth of their time towards working on a side project of their choosing. Google will preserve all of the Orkut communities in archive form. The archive will go live September 30th, as well. Google says if you don’t want your name and posts included in this archive, you can remove Orkut integration from your Google account.
To download information from your Orkut account, you will need to use Google Takeout. This service essentially lets you download your profile, scraps and testimonials you received, activities and photos. The service will save the data in HTML files and the photos will be saved in JPEG format.
Head over to the Google Takeout page, then click on Choose services and select Orkut. Once selected, click on ‘Create Archive’, and that will start the process of exporting the data. Once ready, you will be able to download the archive as a single ZIP file.
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