In a blog post on his Google+ page, Google+ Product
Manager Ronald Ho announced a new tool to transfer circles from one account to another that is now
available through Google Takeout.
In an overview of the long-requested feature, Google explained the tool
would migrate “circle names, circle members, “your circles”
settings, and people and pages you’ve blocked or ignored.” However, Google
noted there is a 7-day waiting period before a transfer is initiated, and both
profiles will have limited functionality until the transfer is complete:
-To cancel the transfer before it starts, sign in to either account on Google+. Then click Cancel transfer at the bottom of the page. Note that you cannot cancel using a mobile interface.
-If the source or destination accounts are managed by an organization, the account administrator may restrict your ability to transfer your connections and/or use Google+.
-You won’t be able to use this tool with these accounts again for 6 months.
-Once the transfer begins, it cannot be cancelled or undone.
As for limited functionality, both accounts will not be able to share content on Google+ during the transfer—nor can they add, remove, block, or ignore people in circles and elsewhere. Google continued by explaining the result of a transfer once complete:
When the transfer is complete, your circles, blocks,
and ignores are copied from the source account to the destination account.
Circles in the destination account with the same names are merged. Content from
your source account (such as profile information, posts, or comments) is not
transferred to the destination account. Similarly, authorship information and Google+ pages that you manage with your source
account will not be transferred to the destination account. However, this
content, pages, and authorship information still exist in your source
account… After the transfer is complete, your source account profile will
still exist in your source account. However, it will be replaced with your
destination account in other people’s circles.
If you are interested in checking out the new tool,
you can do so by clicking “Transfer your Google+ connections to another
account” at Google Takeout now.
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