Google users will still be able to receive messages at the original email address.

Gmail has good news for anyone who regrets their email address.

For the first time in the platform’s 22-year history, account holders now have the ability to change their Gmail address name. Previously, Gmail users who wanted to do so had to create a brand new account.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai shared the announcement in a post on X.

“2004 was a good year, but your Gmail address doesn’t need to be stuck in it. To say goodbye to v0t3f0rp3dr02004@gmail.com or mrbrightside416@gmail.com (or whatever you were into at the time), go to your Google Account settings and choose any name available. You’ll keep your old username and you can sign in with both,” he said.

  • je_skirata@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Once you change your username, your old and new Gmail names will both work. In other words, you can use both usernames to sign into your account and send or receive emails.

    This is just an email alias, not an actual change

  • Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.caEnglish
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    2 days ago

    nah… my gmail is specifically for junk mail now, much like the products you produce. idgaf what the email shows as since it’s used for nothing that I truly care about anymore.