How to change your email address the easy way: Follow these simple steps

November 09, 2022

Whether you’re transitioning away from a silly or provocative tin nhắn address as you enter the professional world or you just crave a change, learn how đồ sộ switch đồ sộ a new tin nhắn address with ease.

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Change your tin nhắn address

If you need đồ sộ change your tin nhắn address because the name is too juvenile—or if some other issue brought you here—the headaches that come along with changing your tin nhắn address are many. After all, you have đồ sộ update everyone (friends, family, banks, subscription services, and beyond!) with your new primary address.

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So, you might wonder, “Can I change my tin nhắn address without losing everything?” If you use Outlook, you’re in luck. But if you don’t, all is not lost. Read on đồ sộ learn how đồ sộ change your tin nhắn address in Microsoft Outlook as well as other popular providers lượt thích Gmail and Yahoo.

How đồ sộ change your Outlook tin nhắn address

Microsoft Outlook offers a unique feature that lets you change your tin nhắn address without setting up a new tài khoản or implementing tin nhắn forwarding. The process of changing your Outlook tin nhắn address is easy. Simply create an alias that links your new tin nhắn address đồ sộ the old one. By doing this, all your contacts and settings will stay the same without migrating đồ sộ a new tài khoản.

How đồ sộ create an Outlook alias:

Log into your Microsoft tài khoản.
Select Your info on the top navigation bar.
Navigate down đồ sộ the Account info section and select Edit tài khoản info on the right side of the screen.
In the section labeled Account alias, select Add email.
Create a new Outlook tin nhắn address or add an existing tin nhắn address as your Microsoft tài khoản alias. Whichever you choose will be your new primary tin nhắn address.

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“How can I change my tin nhắn address without losing everything?” If you use Outlook, you’re in luck. But if you don’t, all is not lost.

How đồ sộ change your tin nhắn address in Gmail

Gmail has a variety of features that let you customize your tin nhắn experience. However, you can’t change your tin nhắn address once you’ve created it. Unfortunately, you’re stuck with the tin nhắn address as long as you continue đồ sộ use it. Instead of changing your primary email’s name, create an entirely new Gmail address with your preferred name.

Once you’ve done that, work around the name change limitation by setting up tin nhắn forwarding—a miễn phí service in all Gmail accounts. Gmail allows you đồ sộ phối up as many tin nhắn addresses as you’d lượt thích for whatever purpose you see fit. E-Mail forwarding makes it easy đồ sộ manage each tin nhắn from a single address without having đồ sộ hop from one tài khoản đồ sộ another.

How đồ sộ phối up tin nhắn forwarding in Gmail:

Log into your Gmail tài khoản. Select the gear icon in the upper-right corner of your window.
Select See all settings from the dropdown thực đơn.
Along the top navigation bar, select the tab that reads Forwarding and POP/IMAP.
Locate the top section labelled Forwarding.
Select Add a forwarding address.
Enter your tin nhắn address and select Next.
Choose Forward a copy of incoming mail to.
Select the down arrow đồ sộ open a dropdown thực đơn and select the new tin nhắn address you want đồ sộ forward đồ sộ.
Select the option đồ sộ the right of your old tin nhắn address that specifies how you would lượt thích Gmail đồ sộ handle your emails. Your options include deleting emails, archiving emails, leaving them as unread, or marking them as read.
Choose Save Changes before exiting.
You may also want đồ sộ transfer your tương tác list by exporting it as a CSV tệp tin and importing it into your new tin nhắn.

How đồ sộ change your tin nhắn address in Yahoo

Once you’ve phối up your Yahoo tin nhắn address, you’ve basically made your bed and have đồ sộ lie in it. The only things Yahoo allows you đồ sộ update are personal information lượt thích your name, nickname, gender, and birthday. Should you choose đồ sộ create an entirely new Yahoo tin nhắn address, you can import your tương tác list by following the same steps as Gmail.

Another option: Yahoo Mail Plus, a paid service, allows you đồ sộ forward emails đồ sộ a new address. This can save you from having đồ sộ create an entirely new Yahoo tin nhắn address and maintain multiple accounts.

So, there you have it. While changing your primary tin nhắn address comes with some challenges, there are at least a few options or workarounds that make things simpler. Check out other tin nhắn organizing hacks, lượt thích how đồ sộ create eye-catching signatures, when đồ sộ use encryption, how đồ sộ send emails as texts, how đồ sộ manage spam, and more. Try Outlook today for a miễn phí tin nhắn and calendar software that lets you manage everything in one place.