Every person’s digital presence is identified with their Gmail ID, starting from your phone and your school or college to your social accounts as well. We all have to agree our first email ID name is very random — we have chosen some very unusual options. Some have chosen their cartoon character’s name, or an actor’s name, or some with their favorite athlete’s name, or even with multiple numbers in the username like muhamed077 or vasanth0019, viratvasanth, jamesjaffar — and with some random names. Very few will have their email ID username set up properly.
Why Do We Regret Our Old Gmail ID?
After that, we get to realise we have to put our email ID on our résumé as well. Only then do we realise we need to change our email ID. But if you check the Gmail settings, there is no option — you will have to either create a new email ID with a proper name, or leave it with your old ID. Or people turn to other email service providers like ProtonMail or Yahoo
What Has Google Done to Fix This?
But now Google has come out with an option to change our email username through the settings. They have been testing this for months, and finally rolled out this update recently — but there is a catch: it is only available in the USA. If you are from the USA, you can easily change your username. If you are from other countries, you still have to wait.
Will You Still Receive Emails After Changing Your Username?
And if you have more questions — what if I change my username, will I still get emails in my new ID? The answer is yes, it won’t affect your inbox. Think of it like a redirection — you can still receive your emails in the inbox if someone has sent a mail to your old ID. And all the data in your Drive and all the meeting schedules — everything remains the same under your new ID.
What Else Do You Need to Know Before Changing?
No need to worry about that. Your new ID username will reflect across your Google products, and you can revert to your old username whenever you want. And there is another catch — you can only change your username once a year, with a total of three changes allowed.
Change it wisely.
