For those using multiple Google+ accounts, each associated with different email addresses or Google Apps accounts, the search giant has unveiled a new tool that allows you to transfer Google+ circles and other connections between accounts and merge them into one.
“A while back we announced plans for a tool that would help you transfer your circles from one Google+ account to another and ensure that your followers are automatically directed to your new, preferred profile. Today, anyone can visit Google Takeout(https://www.google.com/takeout) and click ‘Transfer your Google+ connections to another account’,” Google+ product manager Ronald Ho writes in a blog post.
The new tool works by transferring your Google+ circles and connections from a “source” account to a “destination” account. It also replaces your source profile with your destination profile in other people’s circles. Your circles and connections include circle names, circle members, “your circles” settings, and people and pages you’ve blocked or ignored.
Transfers typically take about 48 hours. During the transfer process, you will not be able to share content on Google+, add or remove people to and from circles, block or ignore people, on both the Google+ accounts involved. After the transfer is complete, your source account profile will still exist. However, it will be replaced with your destination account in other people’s circles. If you don’t need your source account Google+ profile any more, downgrade it and select Delete your entire Google+ profile.
The new tool provides a convenient way to merge multiple Google+ accounts. However, there are few limitations to the feature.There’s a 7 day waiting period before your transfer begins. Once the transfer begins, it cannot be undone. If the source or destination accounts belong to an organization, you need to get the permission of the account administrator, to transfer your connections on Google+.
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