Gmail users have been stuck with the same email addresses for 20 years, but that could soon change.
Google has quietly started rolling out a way for users to change their @gmail.com address while keeping all their emails, files, photos, and connected services like YouTube and Google Drive. The New York Times reports this. The new feature currently only appears on Gmail’s Hindi-language support page, although Google says it will be gradually rolled out to all users. Until now, users could change their username, but the email address itself had to remain the same, causing enormous frustration.
How it works: Old Gmail addresses automatically become aliases and continue to receive emails. Users can sign in to Google services using their old or new address, with all information retained in the existing account. But there are limitations. Users can only change their address once every 12 months and create up to three new addresses during their lifetime, for a total of four Gmail addresses. The change appears to only apply to @gmail.com addresses, not to accounts through employers or schools.
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Gmail users have been stuck with the same email addresses for 20 years, but that could soon change.
Google has quietly started rolling out a way for users to change their @gmail.com address while keeping all their emails, files, photos, and connected services like YouTube and Google Drive. The New York Times reports this. The new feature currently only appears on Gmail’s Hindi-language support page, although Google says it will be gradually rolled out to all users. Until now, users could change their username, but the email address itself had to remain the same, causing enormous frustration.
How it works: Old Gmail addresses automatically become aliases and continue to receive emails. Users can sign in to Google services using their old or new address, with all information retained in the existing account. But there are limitations. Users can only change their address once every 12 months and create up to three new addresses during their lifetime, for a total of four Gmail addresses. The change appears to only apply to @gmail.com addresses, not to accounts through employers or schools.
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