Google has confirmed that it is now attainable to alter your @gmail.com deal with. Which means in case your present e mail is xyz@gmail.com, now you can change it to abc@gmail.com.
In an replace to its assist doc, Google shared the next be aware:
Essential: The power to alter your Google Account e mail is steadily rolling out to all customers, and this selection might not be out there to you but.
Till now, it was not attainable to alter your private Gmail deal with, however now you’ll be able to, and it is excellent news for a few of you.
For instance, if you or your member of the family created your Google account, and also you now not need to hold utilizing the present @gmail.com as a result of it is embarrassing, this function is for you.
What occurs whenever you change your @gmail.com deal with?
Once you change your @gmail.com deal with, Google says your earlier deal with shouldn’t be discontinued, nevertheless it turns into your alternate e mail deal with (alias).
This implies in case your telephone remains to be signed into the outdated @gmail.com deal with, you do not have to sign off. It is the identical Google account however with totally different emails (one new and one other outdated).
“You’ll obtain emails to each your outdated and new addresses. The info saved in your account gained’t be affected,” Google confirmed.
“This contains issues like photographs, messages, and emails despatched to your earlier e mail deal with.”
Google says you’ll be able to change again to your earlier e mail deal with at any time as a result of it is an alias (various e mail). However you’ll be able to’t abuse the function and hold creating aliases.
Google limits the creation of latest e mail addresses for a similar Google account for the following 12 months.
“You can also’t delete your new e mail deal with. You’ll be able to sign up together with your outdated or new e mail deal with on Google providers comparable to Gmail, Maps, YouTube, Google Play, or Drive,” Google warned.
If you wish to change your @gmail.com deal with, go to myaccount.google.com/google-account-email and observe the on-screen directions.
For those who do not see the choice below Private Information > E-mail > Google Account e mail, it means the function shouldn’t be but out there in your account.
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