How to Transfer a Google Workspace (Formerly G Suite) Account

If you purchased your Google Workspace account elsewhere, you might be interested in transferring it to HostGator for superior service and to consolidate your billing into fewer accounts. You can either directly transfer an existing account or delete your previous account and start over from the beginning here at HostGator.

This article discusses the following topics.

• How to transfer your existing Google Workspace account ⤵
• How to delete your existing Google Workspace account and start over ⤵

How to transfer your existing Google Workspace account

To transfer your existing Google Workspace account to HostGator:

1. Navigate to http://admin.google.com/TransferToken.
2. Sign in with the admin's username and password for the domain.
3. Accept the terms and conditions.
4. Under Enter Reseller's Public Identifier, enter the HostGator Reseller Identifier: C0382y3ag, and then click Confirm Reseller Identifier.
5. If HostGator is listed as the Reseller, proceed by clicking Generate Transfer Token.
6. Click Copy Code.
7. When ordering Google Workspace, you will have an opportunity to enter the transfer token as described in the following article:
   • What is Google Workspace (Formerly G Suite)?

Once the order is complete, you will be billed through your Customer Portal instead of through the service where you previously purchased Google Workspace. More information regarding this process is available in this article:

• Transfer your Google for Work account to a Google Reseller

How to delete your existing Google Workspace account and start over

If you wish to delete your entire existing Google Workspace account and only export and retain some or none of your settings from Google Workspace, it is entirely possible to do so, then start over from the beginning.

To delete your Google Workspace account:

1. Sign in to the Google Admin console.
2. Export any user data you want to save.
3. Delete all users except for one administrator account.
4. Remove all domains and domain aliases (except the primary domain).
5. Disable the OAuth consumer key.

   To disable the OAuth consumer key:

   1. From your Dashboard, click the Security icon.
   2. Click Show More if Advanced Settings is not visible.
   3. Click Advanced Settings.
   4. Click the Manage OAuth domain key.
   5. Uncheck Enable this consumer key if it is checked.
   6. Click Save Changes.
6. Remove the Google Workspace Marketplace app. Please visit this article for the instructions: Delete any Marketplace applications.
7. Cancel your Google Workspace subscription and all other Google subscriptions associated with your domain.
8. After canceling your subscriptions, you might be logged out of your account. If so, please log in again. The new Terms of Service will be displayed. You may need assistance from your current provider for help with this step.
9. Request any refund of credit that remains after canceling your subscriptions.
10. Download or print the invoices you want to save.
11. Delete your account.

    To delete your account:

    1. Navigate to the Company profile.
    2. Click Profile.
    3. Click Account deletion (This option is unavailable if you have not yet canceled your subscription.
12. Click Continue.

After entirely deleting the Google account, you will purchase a new account from HostGator from scratch and only import data from your previous account as desired.

Transferring Google Workspace from HostGator? Please check out Google's documentation for their transfer process:

• Transfer your Google Workspace account
• Transfer a subscription from a reseller

Need help setting up Google Workspace? We have consolidated helpful articles to guide you in ordering and managing Google Workspace.

• Google Workspace Setup Part 1 - Setup with Internal Domains - This article walks you through setting up Google Workspace with domains you've registered with HostGator.
• Guide to Using Google Workspace with an External Domain - This article will guide you through purchasing and setting up Google Workspace with domains not registered with HostGator.
• Google Workspace Set up Part 2 - Manage Google Workspace Admin - This article will guide you through the additional setup required within your Google Workspace admin account so you can use its functionalities.