[Solved] How to change a Gmail address

You are here because you are looking for a simple answer on how to change a gmail address…

and you might be thinking, “why is this answer so hard to find?”

Here’s the trick…

The question “how to change gmail address” can be answered in three different ways.

Here’s a quick look at those three ways:

1. username change – option 1
2. “send mail as” change – option 2
3. google account id change – option 3

By the end of this article, you will understand what those three ways are.

and be able to choose the best for you.

The most common of the three is a google account id change.

that means you simply want to change your gmail address but keep everything else associated with your google account the same.

a@gmail.com → z@gmail.com

and you have nothing in the google account except the actual gmail address change.

this is not possible.

instead you need to create a new gmail account and copy everything from a@gmail.com to z@gmail.com

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how to change a gmail address by yourself

Let’s use an example to understand how this all works. let’s say your google account id is “a@gmail.com”.

“but I thought that was my gmail address?”

yes, it’s your google account id and your gmail address!

so when you sign in to your different google apps (gmail, google drive, contacts, calendars, etc), you’ll be signed in as “a@gmail.com”

this means that all your information related to all your different google apps is also linked to your google account id a@gmail.com.

Now that you understand, you might be wondering “how do I find out how to change my gmail address/google account id?”

When people say “I want to change my gmail address”, they usually mean “I want to change my gmail address, but also keep all my google account data”.

“I don’t want to be a@gmail.com anymore! I want to be z@gmail.com but keep all my emails, contacts, disk files, calendars and more from a@gmail. com!”

if this sounds familiar, skip to option 3 below: “how to change a gmail address option 3”

how to change a gmail address option 1

username change

“I want to learn how to change my gmail address so people can see my new username displayed when I send an email.”

example: rename john <a@gmail.com> to read jonathan <a@gmail.com>.

option 1 will guide you on how to change a username that is displayed in the ‘submitted’ field.

how to change your gmail address username:

1. log in to your gmail account.
2. go change your gmail username.
3. at the top right, click the settings gear icon.
4. in the “send mail as” section, click edit info.
5. add the name you want to display when sending messages.
6. at the bottom, click save changes.

how to change a gmail address option 2

‘sending mail as’ change

“I want to learn how to change my gmail address so I can send mail as another email address from my first account.”

example: I want to be able to login to my gmail account: a@gmail.com, but send mail as z@gmail.com from a@gmail.com.

option 2 will guide you how you can send mail as another account, but you will not be able to receive mail from z@gmail.com at a@gmail.com.

To be very clear, this option only allows you to send mails as another account, you will not be able to receive emails that the second account receives (or use data from your first account when you log in to the second account). ).

how to change your gmail address to send mail as another gmail id:

1. create a new gmail account. (Its equivalent for z@gmail.com.)
2. log in to your first gmail account. (Its equivalent for a@gmail.com.)
3. go to change your gmail username.
4. at the top right, click the settings gear icon
5. click the accounts and import tab .
6. in the “send mail as” section, click add another email address.
7. add the name you want to display and the new email address you created.
8. click send verification to second account.
9. log in to the second gmail account.
10. Click the link in the verification email to verify your email or enter the confirmation code.
11. once confirmed, go back to the accounts and import tab.
12. You can select whether you want to “reply from the same address the message was sent to” or set your second account as the default.

how to change a gmail address option 3

google account id change

“I don’t want to be a@gmail.com anymore! I want to be z@gmail.com but I keep all my emails, contacts, manage files, calendars and more from a@gmail.com“.

example: I just want to be able to change my a@gmail.com to z@gmail.com and not lose any information like contacts, disk files, calendars, organization, labels, etc.

to do this, no matter what, you need:

1. create a new google account (example: z@gmail.com).
2. then copy everything from a@gmail.com to z@gmail.com.

you can copy everything with vaultme in just a minute of setup or you can do it yourself with enough work.

Before I expose how to do it yourself, you should know that this is why vaultme was created. to make this painful process much easier for you.

“how simple?”

vaultme’s easy 3-step process:

1. log in to your first account.
2. access your second account.
3. start your copy.

vaultme saves you a lot of time and hassle:

• vaultme takes care of all your organization, folders and labels!
• keep the same types of files!
• works offline so you can shut down your computer once it starts up.

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manual option

1. create a new gmail account. (its equivalent for z@gmail.com).
2. sign in to your first google account.
3. go to google takeout.
4. export the data from the apps you would like to import to your second gmail account.
5. wait for the google takeout file link to be sent to you (may take hours, possibly days, depending on the amount of data).
6. download your file from google takeout.

Since this process can take a while for each Google app, below are step-by-step instructions for importing just your emails and contacts.

import emails from gmail to a second account

To back up gmail and use it, you’ll need to go back to your google takeout folder on your desktop, you’ll want to open your mail subfolder.

You will notice that all mail from your old account has been compressed into an .mbox file. that’s your gmail backup.

In order access the information inside your .mbox Gmail backup, you will need the help of a common third party application called Thunderbird.

set up your new google account with thunderbird:

1. download and install thunderbird: mozilla thunderbird
2. open thunderbird and go to the top, selecting file → new → get a new email account .
3. click skip this and use my existing email
4. enter your information for your new google account in the fields provided and click continue
5. select imap and then click done

your new google mail account will appear on the left.

then install the thunderbird “importexporttools” plugin.

1. First, download the “ImportExportTools” add-on for Thunderbird here: ImportExportTools
2. Click Download Now
3. Save ImportExportTools.xpi file to your Desktop
4. Open Thunderbird and at the top go to Tools and select Add-Ons.
5. Click the Settings icon and then select Install Add-on From File.
   

   

6. Navigate to your Desktop and select the ImportExportTools.xpi file.
7. Click Install Now.
8. Restart Thunderbird.

import your mbox files:

1. In Thunderbird, on the left, right click Local Folders → highlight ImportExportTools → select Import mbox file.
   

   

2. Select Import directly one or more mbox files and click Ok
3. Navigate to and select your .mbox file in your Google Takeout export folder.
4. Your emails will start importing and they will be located under your Local Folders. (Give it time, because it may take a while.)

lastly, move your newly imported tags to your new google mail account on the left:

1. in thunderbird, expand local folders on the left.
2. select the folder that was the previous .mbox file you imported.
3. select and right click all emails.
4. highlight your new gmail account and select the folder you want to import these emails to.

great! you’re done importing your gmail emails!

how to change gmail address – import contacts from google

to import your contacts, simply:

1. log in to your second gmail address.
2. go to https://contacts.google.com
3. click the more dropdown in the left panel.
4. click import
5. select the csv or vcard file.
6. select go to previous version.
7. click import contacts.
8. go to the google takeout file folder and select the contacts subfolder.
9. choose each .vcf file you want to import to your second account.
10. click import.

Congratulations, your contacts have been imported!

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If you’re interested in learning more about how to import each app’s data into your second account, please visit our google takeout vs. takeout article. vaultme for more information.

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