# How to change your Gmail address in 5 steps

> Change your Gmail address in five illustrated steps, keep your old address working, and understand Google's address-change limits.

You can change your personal Gmail address without a new Google Account if your settings allow it. Follow these five steps in a desktop browser.

**Your old Gmail address keeps working.** It becomes an alternate address, often called an alias.

Both addresses share one inbox. Select your old Gmail address in Gmail’s **From** field to send from it. Saved emails and photos stay in your account. [Google’s explanation](https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/19870?hl=en).

## 1. Open your Google Account settings

Open Gmail and check you’re in the account you want to change. Click the top-right **Google apps** grid, then **Account**.

![Gmail’s Google apps menu with an arrow pointing to Account](/assets/1-open-google-account.webp)

## 2. Open Personal info, then Email settings

Select **Personal info** in the left sidebar. Click the **Email** card on the right.

![Google Account settings with Personal info and Email highlighted](/assets/2-personal-info-email.webp)

## 3. Select your current Gmail address

Under **Google Account email**, open your current address’s settings. The **Recovery email** card below is separate.

![Email settings showing the current Gmail address under Google Account email](/assets/3-select-current-email.webp)

## 4. Choose Change Google Account email

Click **Change Google Account email** beneath your current address.

If the button is missing, your account may not support this change. For work or school accounts, contact your administrator. [Check Google’s guidance](https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/19870?hl=en).

![Google Account email settings with the Change Google Account email button highlighted](/assets/4-change-google-account-email.webp)

## 5. Enter your new Gmail address and confirm

Read the notices and scroll to the username field:

- Enter an available username before **@gmail.com**.
- Use letters, numbers, and periods. The screenshot’s `WRITE_HERE_YOUR_NEW_EMAIL` is a placeholder; underscores aren’t allowed.
- Check spelling, click **Change email**, and confirm as prompted.

Before confirming, review [linked apps and Chromebook compatibility](https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/19870?hl=en).

![New Gmail username field and Change email button, with an illustrative placeholder entered](/assets/5-enter-new-email.webp)

**Address limits:** Google allows one new Gmail address every 12 months and three changes total: up to four addresses over time, including the original. This changes one account’s address; it doesn’t merge accounts. [Google’s limits](https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/19870?hl=en).

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