After countless people had to go through embarrassing moments giving out the email address they created more than ten years ago, Google has listened to the requests of its users. The world’s leading technology and search engine company has created a feature that allows you to modify email addresses created on your Gmail platform.
Thanks to this implementation, It will not be necessary to delete the account, losing all the data and emails receivedbut it can be easily changed without affecting the reception of emails. All this because the new username acts as a double of the originalallowing those who do not yet have the new address to continue communicating with it, without their messages being forgotten. Although for the moment It is only available for users in the United States.
The tool allows you to modify the text that appears before “@gmail.com” without losing access or content saved in other linked applications such as Google Drive or Google Photos. This change can be made once every 12 months and, once made, The account cannot be deleted until one year after the correction. Likewise, it can be done both through the mobile application and from the computer.
How to change the Gmail email address?
In order to make this change, It is necessary to access the “Personal information” section from the Google page. To do this, you must click on the account photo, located in the upper right part of the browser. Once inside, you have to click on the “Email” section, where all the information associated with the email will appear.
However, the most important subsection for this case is the one containing the title “Email from your Google account”. In this section the option “Change your Google account email” should appear. If it does not appear at the moment, It may mean that the profile does not meet the requirements to carry it out.. Please note that this feature is currently only available to users in the United States.
If the website allows it, A series of instructions will appear that must be completed to be able to modify the current address of the account that has been chosen. This will be very useful if the account was created years ago or the name does not agree with the professional or personal use for which you want to use it.
When will users in Spain be able to use this tool?
As it is a US company, only users in that country will be able to access this update for the moment. However, Google has assured in its official X account that This function will also be operational in the rest of the nations, including Spain, soon. Therefore, there is still no specific date.
Once this expected improvement arrives and the change is made, another account ending in “@gmail.com” cannot be created in the next 12 months nor use the chosen username for other independent profiles. Likewise, these modifications They can only be done up to three timeswith a total of four alternate accounts, and the address may need to be manually updated on other websites and apps.