New Delhi: Google is now gearing up to roll out a feature that will enable users to change their @gmail.com email address. The company stated it is gradually rolling out a new process that lets the user change their Google Account email address even if it ends with @gmail.com. Previously, Google did not enable most Gmail users to change their email address, even though users with third-party email addresses had that option.
Users will soon be able to switch their existing @gmail.com address to the latest one with a different username, while still keeping the same Google Account. Google has explained that once a user changes their Gmail address, the old email address will automatically become an alias. This means emails sent to both the old and new Gmail addresses will arrive in the same inbox. Users will also be able to sign in to Google services such as Gmail, YouTube, Maps, Drive and Google Play using either address.
Photos, emails, messages and files associated with the account will remain intact. Google has also stated that the old Gmail address will remain owned by the users and cannot be claimed by someone else. There are some limits; users will not be able to change or delete their latest Gmail address for 12 months after making the change. Each account can change its @gmail.com address only three times, enabling a total of four Gmail addresses per account. Some older services, such as Calendar events created before the change, may still display the old email address.
