Cyber: Google Now Lets You Change Your @gmail.com Address, Rolling Out

Google has confirmed that it's now possible to change your @gmail.com address. This means that if your current email is [email protected], you can now change it to [email protected].

In an update to its support document, Google shared the following note:

Important: The ability to change your Google Account email is gradually rolling out to all users, and this option may not be available to you yet.

Until now, it was not possible to change your personal Gmail address, but now you can, and it's good news for some of you.

For example, if you or your family member created your Google account, and you no longer want to keep using the current @gmail.com because it's embarrassing, this feature is for you.

When you change your @gmail.com address, Google says your previous address is not discontinued, but it becomes your alternate email address (alias).

This means if your phone is still signed into the old @gmail.com address, you don't have to log out. It's the same Google account but with different emails (one new and another old).

"You’ll receive emails to both your old and new addresses. The data saved in your account won’t be affected," Google confirmed.

"This includes things like photos, messages, and emails sent to your previous email address."

Google says you can change back to your previous email address at any time because it's an alias (alternative email). But you can't abuse the feature and keep creating aliases.

Source: BleepingComputer