Google users will still be able to receive messages at the original email address.
Gmail has good news for anyone who regrets their email address.
For the first time in the platform’s 22-year history, account holders now have the ability to change their Gmail address name. Previously, Gmail users who wanted to do so had to create a brand new account.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai shared the announcement in a post on X.
“2004 was a good year, but your Gmail address doesn’t need to be stuck in it. To say goodbye to [email protected] or [email protected] (or whatever you were into at the time), go to your Google Account settings and choose any name available. You’ll keep your old username and you can sign in with both,” he said.
Finally addressing a 22-year limitation that forced users to create entirely new accounts instead of just updating their email. This change feels long overdue and minimal compared to the data migration nightmare Google created. Anyone know if account history and old emails transfer or if you lose everything tied to the old address?
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Finally addressing a 22-year limitation that forced users to create entirely new accounts instead of just updating their email. This change feels long overdue and minimal compared to the data migration nightmare Google created. Anyone know if account history and old emails transfer or if you lose everything tied to the old address?
Google = junk mail
They don’t even deserve my junk mail.
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Aliases have been a thing for a while now, though I suppose in this case it would be akin to changing your primary alias