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Google Classroom is a free learning platform designed for teachers and students to communicate, collaborate, and create and manage assignments. As of 2025, around 150 million students, educators, and school leaders around the world rely on Google Classroom to simplify the process of learning and assignment creation.
With so many students and teachers relying on Google Classroom- most of them being very new to the concept of e-learning- there is a high chance of accidental deletions and improper data handling. A backup solution like SysCloud will help you recover and restore your Google Classroom data easily.
Files shared in the Google classroom are stored in the Drive folder and can be recovered and restored with Drive’s recovery options. Click here to learn more about how to recover deleted files from Google Drive.
2. Using third-party backup tools like SysCloud
Classroom users | Item recovered |
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For teachers and co- teachers |
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For Students |
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Note: You will have to manually export and download Classroom data using Google Takeout in fixed intervals. Google Takeout cannot download the data once it is deleted.
Step 1: Login to your Google Classroom account using your super admin credentials.
Step 2: From the Google waffle icon, select “Account.”
Step 3: Select “Data and Privacy” from the left-hand side menu bar.
Step 4: Under “download or delete your data” section, select “download your data.”
Step 5: Select Google Classroom to download your Classroom data by clicking on the check box next to the product names.
Step 6: Click on the “next step” button.
Step 7: In the next step, select the following:
Once the archive is ready, you’ll receive an email notification, or you can check the status on your Takeout page by selecting the “Manage exports” option.
Step 8: Click the “Download” button next to the created archive.
Note: Administrators can use various retention methods to ensure the safety of Google Classroom data. Read our in-depth article about Google Classroom retention here.
A third-party application like SysCloud offers reliable, automated backup and easy restore for Google Classroom data. SysCloud offers recovery using Amazon Web Services. Organizations can also backup and restore unlimited domains using SysCloud.
Features | SysCloud | Google Classroom native data retention | |||
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Assignments | ✅ | ❌ | |||
Announcements | ✅ | ❌ | |||
Materials | ✅ | ❌ | |||
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Step 1: Log in to the SysCloud backup application using your admin credentials.
Step 2: Select Google Classroom, then click on “Archives.”
Step 3: Select the classroom to restore the data by checking the checkbox next to it and click “Restore.”
Note: You can only restore a classroom if the classroom is active and backup status is protected.
Step 4: Select the snapshot Date and Time (if there are multiple backups in a single day).
Step 5: Add comments to be shown in the Restore Report (optional) and click on “Restore” to confirm the export.
Step 1: Log in to the SysCloud backup application using your admin credentials.
Step 2: Select Google Classroom, then click on “Archives.”
Step 3: Select the account to restore the data.
Step 4: Select the “Announcements” tab.
Step 5: Select the file(s) by clicking on the checkbox next to the file name and click on “Restore” and choose either all or selected announcements.
Step 6: Select the snapshot Date and Time (if there are multiple backups in a single day).
Step 7: Add comments to be shown in the Restore Report (optional) and Click on “Restore” to confirm the export.
Step 1: Log in to the SysCloud backup application using your admin credentials.
Step 2: Select Google Classroom, then click on “Archives.”
Step 3: Select the account to restore the data.
Step 4: Select the “Classwork” tab.
Step 5: Select the file(s) by clicking on the checkbox next to the file name and click on “Restore” and choose either all or selected announcements.
Step 6: Select the snapshot Date and Time (if there are multiple backups in a single day).
Step 7: Add comments to be shown in the Restore Report (optional) and Click on “Restore” to confirm the export.
Step 1: Log in to the SysCloud backup application using your admin credentials.
Step 2: Select Google Classroom, then click on “Archives.”
Step 3: Select the account to restore the data.
Step 4: Select the “People” tab.
Step 5: Select the file(s) by clicking on the checkbox next to the file name and click on “Restore” and choose either all or selected announcements.
Step 6: Select the snapshot Date and Time (if there are multiple backups in a single day).
Step 7: Add comments to be shown in the Restore Report (optional) and click on “Restore” to confirm the export.
To learn more about how SysCloud can help you recover your classroom data, click here.
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