You may soon be able to change your Gmail address

Good news for anyone bored or embarrassed by their current Gmail address: You may soon be able to change it without losing access to your old emails and files.

It was also first spotted by the Google Pixel Hub group on Telegram and It was later reported on 9to5Googlethe Indian version of the Gmail support site states that Google is “gradually rolling out to all users” the ability to change the email address associated with their Google account, including changing from their existing Gmail address to “a new email address ending in gmail.com“.

If you switch, your old Gmail account should still act as an alias, and you’ll be able to sign in to Google services with either your new or old address. However, you won’t be able to create any additional Gmail addresses associated with your account for another 12 months.

As of Sunday afternoon, English version of the support website It still states that “if your account email address ends in @gmail.com, you usually won’t be able to change it” and suggests instead Change name associated with the address or sign up for a new address and then move your emails and contacts to it.