Google Takeout Viewer & ReaderRead your Google Takeout in plain English

Upload your Google Takeout ZIP file to TakeoutReader. The tool parses the JSON files locally in your browser, typically in under 60 seconds for a 10-year export, and converts them into a readable report covering location history, search activity, YouTube watch history, Chrome browsing, Android app usage, and Gmail stats.

Yes. TakeoutReader uses a zero-upload architecture. Your ZIP file is parsed by JavaScript running inside your browser (via the JSZip library) and never touches any server. You can verify this by opening your browser DevTools Network tab while the report generates. No HTTP request containing your data leaves your device.

Go to takeout.google.com, sign in with your Google account, pick the data categories you want to export (Location History, Search Activity, YouTube, Chrome, etc.), choose ZIP format, and click Create export. Google emails you a download link when the archive is ready, usually within a few hours depending on data size.

Google Takeout exports data in JSON format, which is designed for machines, not humans. According to Google's own documentation, timestamps are stored as Unix epoch milliseconds, coordinates are raw E7-encoded integers, and related records are scattered across nested files. TakeoutReader converts this machine format into plain English summaries with counts, dates, and top entries.

Google splits large exports into 2 GB archives. You can upload any individual ZIP and TakeoutReader will analyze whatever categories are inside that specific file. For a complete report across all categories, process each archive separately and combine the results.

TakeoutReader analyzes eight Google data categories: your Ad Profile (the age range, status and interest segments Google infers about you), Google Photos (how many pictures, spread over which years, and where they were taken), Location History (countries, cities, most active years), Search Activity (total queries and patterns), YouTube watch history (videos watched, likes, comments), Chrome browsing (top sites and page visits), Android app activity (apps used, frequency), and Gmail (total message count). More Google services are added regularly.

Yes. The Ad Profile section shows the inferred profile Google built about you: your estimated age range, gender, language, parental and marital status, household income bracket, and the full list of interest segments advertisers can target you with. It also lists the advertisers holding your details. This is the only category that reflects what Google concluded about you rather than what you did. To include it, tick My Ad Center when you create your Takeout export.

Yes. After unlocking the full report for $9, you can download it in four formats: PDF for sharing and printing, plain text for archiving, Markdown for documentation, and CSV for spreadsheet analysis in Excel or Google Sheets.

Yes. TakeoutReader runs on any modern browser including Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge, on desktop, tablet, or mobile. For Google Takeout archives larger than 2 GB, a desktop computer is recommended because mobile browsers limit in-memory processing.

It depends on your Google account settings. Google Location History started in 2014, so exports typically cover 10+ years of location data. Search history and YouTube watch history can go back to 2005 or earlier on older accounts, provided activity tracking was enabled in My Activity settings.