{"id":586974,"date":"2026-04-05T11:58:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T11:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/586974\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T11:58:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T11:58:38","slug":"gmail-to-let-users-change-email-addresses-without-losing-data-dawan-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/586974\/","title":{"rendered":"Gmail to Let Users Change Email Addresses Without Losing Data | Dawan Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"relative group\">Kenya, April 5, 2026 &#8211; Users of Gmail globally will soon be able to change their usernames without losing access to their Gmail accounts, in a move aimed at simplifying account management. The tech company says that users can change their user names up to three times without compromising their accounts, inboxes, and data.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Google explains that the new update will allow users to modify their @<a href=\"https:\/\/gmail.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"text-blue-600 hover:text-blue-800 underline inline-flex items-center\">gmail.com<\/a>\u00a0address while retaining their original email as an alternative linked to the same account.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Both addresses will point to a single inbox, enabling users to send and receive emails and sign in using either option.<\/p>\n<p>Google explained that users can transition back to their previous email address at any time, but you can only create a new Google account email that ends in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gmail.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"text-blue-600 hover:text-blue-800 underline inline-flex items-center\">gmail.com<\/a>\u00a0once every 12 months and three times in total.<\/p>\n<p>This option, which was only available for business users on Google Workspace, is aimed at addressing concerns among users whose email addresses no longer reflect their personal or professional identities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith this update, when a user changes their username, their original email address is retained as an alternative linked to the same account. Both emails point to the same inbox. Users can continue to sign in, send, and receive email using either,\u201d Google said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile this capability has been available to\u00a0business Workspace users, we&#8217;re now expanding it to consumer Google Accounts with a @<a href=\"https:\/\/gmail.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"text-blue-600 hover:text-blue-800 underline inline-flex items-center\">gmail.com<\/a>\u00a0address,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, this option is only available for users in the United States of America, but it will be expanded globally.<\/p>\n<p>The company has, however, cautioned that platforms identifying users by email address rather than a subject ID may be disrupted.<\/p>\n<p>If the user blocks prior access permissions and later signs in with the updated email, systems that depend strictly on email matching may fail to recognize them, potentially creating duplicate accounts or locking users out of existing data.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Gmail logo beside a notification envelope icon representing email updates and account changes\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"320\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"block w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775390318_935_image.png\"\/>Gmail introduces a new feature allowing users to change their email address while keeping the same inbox and data intact | Dawan Africa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kenya, April 5, 2026 &#8211; Users of Gmail globally will soon be able to change their usernames without&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":586975,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[6074,287124,244336,287128,287126,287131,287133,287130,287122,287120,287125,287127,287132,287129,13449,64,63,1348,99,287123,1589,287119,62122,164,287121,44,84,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-586974","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-africa","9":"tag-african-business","10":"tag-african-culture","11":"tag-african-development","12":"tag-african-economy","13":"tag-african-education","14":"tag-african-entertainment","15":"tag-african-healthcare","16":"tag-african-media","17":"tag-african-news","18":"tag-african-politics","19":"tag-african-society","20":"tag-african-sports","21":"tag-african-technology","22":"tag-analysis","23":"tag-au","24":"tag-australia","25":"tag-breaking-news","26":"tag-business","27":"tag-continental-news","28":"tag-current-affairs","29":"tag-dawan-africa","30":"tag-east-africa","31":"tag-economy","32":"tag-horn-of-africa","33":"tag-news","34":"tag-politics","35":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=586974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586974\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/586975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=586974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=586974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=586974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}