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Did you receive a message about closing G +? How will you save the data?

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Short answer and status (to and thanks to for pointing to Google): the consumer (personal) Google+ service was shut down on April 2, 2019, and the Google+ APIs were disabled earlier (March 7, 2019). After the shutdown Google deleted consumer Google+ content (posts, pages, comments); photos that had been backed up to Google Photos were not deleted. If a user did not export their consumer Google+ data before the cutoff, most consumer Google+ content is no longer available. (wiki.archiveteam.org)

If you still have access to the Google Account that owned the Google+ content, the recommended tool is Google Takeout (takeout.google.com). Sign in, select the products you want (Album Archive, Posts/Stream, Communities where available), choose delivery (email link, Drive/Dropbox/OneDrive), create the export, then download and verify the archive. Note the practical limits: archives expire (about 7 days), large archives may be split, and each archive can be downloaded only a limited number of times — plan storage and verify the archive_browser.html inside the export. ()

Special cases and recovery options: community owners/moderators were offered an expanded community export in early March 2019 (author, body, photos for public community posts). Brand accounts and enterprise (Workspace) customers followed a different path (Currents/Spaces migrations for Workspace) and were handled separately. If export windows were missed and the data is mission-critical (legal or regulatory reasons), use Google’s data-access/help channels (Takeout help and the Google Account data-access request) — but expect that most consumer Google+ content will be unrecoverable. (wiki.archiveteam.org)

Quick checklist to act on or verify (if you still control the account):

  • Check Google Takeout for available exports.
  • Confirm what’s in Album Archive and Google Photos.
  • Export Communities if you were a moderator/owner.
  • Move archives to at least two safe locations (local + cloud).

Official how-to and the shutdown FAQ remain the authoritative sources for exact steps and limits. ()

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Yes. And that message from Google explains how to download and save your data. It points you at this support link that has the step-by-step instructions for doing so:

commented: Thank you, I first thought it was a joke. +0
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