Google rolling out ability to change your @gmail.com

• Google is gradually rolling out a new option to change an @gmail.com address to a different @gmail.com username. • The old Gmail address becomes an alias; both old and new addresses receive email and can be used to sign in. • Accounts can change their Gmail username up to three times (four addresses total); changed addresses can’t be deleted or reused by others immediately and have a 12-month restriction on creating a new Gmail address. • The support page describing the feature surfaced in Hindi and says the rollout is gradual; the feature will be available from My Account when live.

What Google is changing

Google has updated its support documentation to describe a new ability: changing the Gmail username portion of accounts that end with @gmail.com.

Historically, Google allowed email changes only for accounts that used non-Gmail addresses. The new guidance marks a change in that policy, enabling users to pick a different @gmail.com address for the same account.

How the change works

When you change your Google Account email address from one @gmail.com address to another, Google converts the original address into an alias. Both the old and the new addresses continue to receive mail and can be used to sign in to Google services such as Gmail, YouTube, Maps, Drive, and Play.

Google says the change does not affect account data — photos, messages, and emails will remain intact — and messages sent to the old address will arrive in the same inbox as the new address.

Limits and safeguards

There are limits: an account can change its Gmail username up to three times, giving a total of four usable @gmail.com addresses tied to the account over time.

After changing, you cannot create a new Google Account with that same @gmail.com address for 12 months, and you also cannot delete the new address during that period. The old address stays assigned to your account and cannot be claimed by another user.

Google warns some older instances may still display the original address (calendar events created previously, for example). You’ll also still be able to send email from the old address.

Rollout status and where it appeared

The updated support page describing this functionality was first noticed in a Hindi version of Google’s help documentation and was spotted by members of the Pixel Hub Telegram group.

Google describes the change as “gradually rolling out to all users.” At the time of publication, the English support page still shows the older guidance that @gmail.com addresses usually can’t be changed.

How to change your address when it’s available

According to Google, this option will appear in My Account (myaccount.google.com) when the feature reaches your account. Expect the rollout to be phased; Google may enable it regionally first or for subsets of accounts.

Why this matters

Allowing username changes for @gmail.com addresses gives users more flexibility to rebrand, fix typos, or adopt new handles without creating a separate account. Because old addresses remain aliases and continue to receive mail, the change is designed to minimize disruption.

We’ll update this article when Google publishes the English support documentation or opens the feature broadly through My Account.