How to import a
Gmail account to another
This article on How Gmail
includes three parts:
1. Part 1: Use of several Google accounts at the same time, allowing you
to easily switch between the Google accounts you own.
2. Part 2: Import your old Gmail account to your new Gmail account, which
takes all your messages and contacts from one Google account and adds them to
another.
3. Part 3: Forward the email from your old Gmail account to your new
Gmail account, so we can guarantee that you will immediately receive messages
sent to your old Gmail address in your new Gmail inbox. We will also learn how
to authorize Gmail forwarding in this section.
Part 1: How to use
multiple Google accounts at once
For this How to make Gmail, you will need to know the full addresses of
your old and new Gmail accounts. I will refer to your old Gmail account as
"old.account@gmail.com" and your new Gmail account as
"your.new.account@gmail.com".
We will also have to switch between Gmail accounts during
this process. There are three ways to do this:
1. You can log out of one account and log in to another.
2. You can open an account in incognito mode (press Ctrl + Shift + N in
Chrome), or using a completely different browser.
3. By adding both accounts to Google and switching between them. You can
add a second account by clicking on your avatar icon in the upper right corner
of your web browser, clicking Add account and entering your account
information. Once you are logged in, you can switch between accounts by
clicking on the avatar icon and choosing an account to use.
Part 2: Import your
old Gmail account to your new Gmail account
1. First, sign in to your new Gmail account at mail.google.com.
2. From your Gmail inbox, click on the gear and select Settings.
3. Click the Accounts and Import tab, and then click Import mail and contacts.
4. A pop-up window will appear and ask you from which account you want to
import. In the text box, type your old Gmail address.
5. In the next window, enter the password of your old Gmail account. The
next window that appears allows you to read what will be imported from your old
Gmail account to your new Gmail account. Click on any of the "i"
symbols (information) to get more information about each option. Once you are
ready to move on, click Allow.
6. You should now see "Successful authentication." That's
great! Go ahead and close the window.
7. The next window that will appear will allow you to choose whether or
not to import your contacts and/or your email, as well as whether or not to
import new mail within the next 30 days.
We recommend not choosing Import new mail within 30 days, and this is the
reason: there may be a delay between when your old Gmail account receives an
email and when your new Gmail account really matters. There is a way to do this
much faster, and we will see it in the next section, Forwarding email from your
old Gmail account to your new Gmail account.
8. If you don't mind waiting, choose Import new mail for the next 30 days
and click Start Import.
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