If you want to change your email address, sign up for a new address. After you sign up for a new address, you can transfer emails and contacts from your old address to the new one. Unfortunately, Google doesn't monitor or control the email addresses selected by Gmail users.
Consequently, can I change my Gmail address without creating a new account?
How to Change Your Gmail Name Without Creating a New Email Address
- You can't change your username or the actual email address. You can only change the name associated with the account.
- If people have you saved as something else in their contacts, that's the name they'll see.
Beside above, how do you change your Gmail address? How to Change A Gmail Address Option 1
- Sign in to your Gmail account.
- Go to Change your Gmail username.
- In the top right, click Settings gear icon.
- In the "Send mail as" section, click edit info.
- Add the name you want to show when you send messages.
- At the bottom click Save Changes.
Considering this, can I rename my email address?
You can also change your Google account name. Changing your Google account name will also change your Gmail email name automatically. Note – You can also update your Google Account name from the Android and iPhone Gmail app.
How do I change my Gmail address and have old email sent to new one?
Set up email forwarding from your old Gmail account
- Open Gmail and click the gear icon.
- Select Settings.
- Select the “Forwarding and POP/IMAP” tab.
- Click on “Add a forwarding address.”
- Enter your new email address.
- You'll get a verification email at your new email address—click the link to confirm.
