Excellent news for anybody uninterested in or embarrassed by their present Gmail deal with: Chances are you’ll quickly be capable to change it with out dropping entry to your previous emails and recordsdata.
As first noticed by the Google Pixel Hub group on Telegram and subsequently reported in 9to5Google, a Hindi model of the Gmail assist web site states that Google is “progressively rolling out to all customers” the flexibility to vary the e-mail deal with tied to their Google account, together with altering from their present Gmail deal with to “to a brand new electronic mail deal with that ends in gmail.com.”
In case you make the change, your previous Gmail deal with ought to nonetheless work as an alias, and also you’ll be capable to signal into Google providers with both your new or previous deal with. Nevertheless, you received’t be capable to create any further Gmail addresses tied to your account for an additional 12 months.
As of Sunday afternoon, the English-language version of the support site nonetheless states, “In case your account’s electronic mail deal with ends in @gmail.com, you normally can’t change it” and as an alternative suggests changing the name related to the deal with or signing up for a brand new deal with after which transferring emails and contacts over.
