{"id":267,"date":"2013-03-27T01:21:10","date_gmt":"2013-03-27T08:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/otherchin.com\/blog\/?p=267"},"modified":"2013-03-27T01:30:01","modified_gmt":"2013-03-27T08:30:01","slug":"how-to-transfer-google-analytics-account-without-losing-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/otherchin.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/how-to-transfer-google-analytics-account-without-losing-data\/","title":{"rendered":"How to transfer Google Analytics account without losing data"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is possible to transfer Google Analytics accounts from one user account to another. This is important, because when somebody takes ownership of a website they won&#8217;t want to lose that valuable analytics data.<\/p>\n<p>First, let&#8217;s go over some terminology. Since there&#8217;s a deep hierarchy, it&#8217;s important to know what&#8217;s what. Throughout this article, I&#8217;ll capitalize these terms so they&#8217;re easier to identify.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>User Account<\/strong> &#8211; This is your Google account.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Account<\/strong> &#8211; This is the account that you will be transferring.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Property<\/strong> &#8211; This is the website.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Profile<\/strong> &#8211; This is a view of your analytics data.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/otherchin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/terminology.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/otherchin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/terminology-500x220.png\" alt=\"Google Analytics account terminology\" width=\"500\" height=\"220\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-273\" srcset=\"http:\/\/otherchin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/terminology-500x220.png 500w, http:\/\/otherchin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/terminology.png 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nView your accounts by logging in to Google Analytics and clicking the home button.  In this screenshot, I&#8217;ve circled an Account that has one Property that has one Profile. You might have multiple items.<\/p>\n<p>You will be transferring the <strong>entire<\/strong> account, along with all properties that belong to it. If you see websites listed in that account that you do not want to transfer, you shouldn&#8217;t proceed with this tutorial! There is no way to split them up.  I wrote a <a href=\"http:\/\/otherchin.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/how-to-give-google-analytics-access-for-only-single-websites\/\" title=\"How to give Google Analytics access for only single websites\">separate post<\/a> for what you should do in this case.<\/p>\n<p>If everything beneath the Account is okay to transfer, follow these steps:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Click the &#8220;Admin&#8221; button at the top-right.<\/li>\n<li>From the list click the account you want to transfer.<\/li>\n<li>Click the &#8220;Users&#8221; tab.<\/li>\n<li>Click the &#8220;+ New User&#8221; button.<\/li>\n<li>Enter the new user&#8217;s email address, select &#8220;Administrator&#8221; for the role, and then check &#8220;Add User&#8221;.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>That&#8217;s it!  If all went well, when the new user logs in to Google Analytics, they will see the account and all of the data.  After they&#8217;ve confirmed that it&#8217;s all working, for security they should remove your email on that same &#8220;Users&#8221; tab.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is possible to transfer Google Analytics accounts from one user account to another. This is important, because when somebody takes ownership of a website they won&#8217;t want to lose that valuable analytics data. First, let&#8217;s go over some terminology. Since there&#8217;s a deep hierarchy, it&#8217;s important to know what&#8217;s what. 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