- Google Account users in the US can now change the username portion of their “@gmail.com” address.
- Your old address remains as an “alternate,” allowing you to still receive and send mail from it.
- Users can change their address once every 12 months, with a lifetime limit of three new addresses.
We all have that one email address with an embarrassing username. The username was very funny when you created it a decade ago, and you’ve gotten quite a giggle out of plugging it into various email fields over the years. But now you’re in too deep, and most of your digital identity is tied to a username that started off as a joke. Most of us have quietly endured the shame of our past choices, but Google is now finally letting some of us right our wrongs, as it widely rolls out the ability to change your Google account username.
Google has announced that all Google Account users in the US can now change their Google Account username (i.e., the part before “@gmail.com”). The company began rolling out this feature last year, and it’s now widely available in the region.
