Change your Gmail address - these steps are necessary

Usually, once an email address is created, it lasts for a long time. However, you may still want to change it. Common reasons for this are a name change or that your email address is out of date. Under certain circumstances, you can also change your Gmail address.

How to change your Gmail address

Once you have created an email address, it is difficult to change it again. The most common reasons for changing an email address are a name change, changing your job, or that the address name is out of date. If you want to change aGmail address, this is usually not possible. However, you may still be able to make a change.

1. If your Gmail address ends in @gmail.com, then you cannot change the name of the address. This ending usually applies to all private email addresses.
2. As long as you use your account through school or your work, it is possible to change the email address. This is usually the responsibility of the administrator. This is who you need to contact if you want to make a change. With appropriate rights, you can also change the Gmail address yourself in this case.
3. As a private user, you can alternatively create a new Gmail address by opening a new account. Anschließend gewähren Sie Ihrem neuen Account Zugriff auf Ihre alte Gmail-Adresse. Die E-Mails können Sie zudem weiterleiten. So können Sie Ihre neue Adresse weitergeben und dennoch die alte Adresse weiterverwenden.