Are you one of those people who created a Gmail address and are now ashamed of it? If the answer is yes, you’re in luck, since Google will allow you to change your Gmail address without losing access to old emails.
As you may know, Gmail users can currently only change their email address if they are using a third-party account, although this change is not allowed for people with addresses ending in ‘@gmail.com‘. So, with this new possibility, announced by the newspaper 9to5Google, the Mountain View company wants allow users to change their ‘@’ email addressgmail.com‘maintaining the connection with the old address and the new one.
Basically, this means that Google will stop change the username of the email address, but keeping the ending ‘@gmail.com‘ and without affecting data, message history, or any other aspect of the account. However, it is important to mention that the account name It can only be changed three times in total and, once the change is made, users will have to wait twelve months to change their Gmail address again.
Additionally, as we mentioned earlier, once the name is changed, users will be able to use both the new address and the old address to access the accountsince the latter will be configured as an alias. Furthermore, Regardless of the latter, it is advisable to make a backup copy before making the modification so as not to lose any data.
Gmail has a trick to avoid using the same email address for everything
Gmail lets you create an email aliasbeing a variation of the main address which does not require the creation of a new account to avoid the spam and potential security issues.
The pseudonym works by adding the “+” symbol and a word to the normal emailFor example, if your address is josemiguel0123@gmail.com, you can use josemiguel0123+trabajo@gmail.com, josemiguel0123+compras@gmail.com or the necessary word to differentiate the services you have. This way, all the emails sent to these addresses arrive in the same inbox.
There is no doubt that this tip guarantees a better control over where emails are coming fromallows for more organization because aliases allow for automatic filters and provide better privacy.
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