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Users will be able to change their username only once every 12 months. Plus, they won't be able to delete their new email address for that period of time.

Archived version: https://archive.is/20260331184305/https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/31/google-is-now-letting-users-in-the-us-change-their-gmail-address/

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[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago

I already changed it in Europe.
to proton

[–] fubarx@lemmy.world 7 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Giving all those people with stupid, penis-oriented, middle-school email acoounts a second chance.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 hours ago

my was my nick name from middle school and i've been regretting it for the last 22 years. lol

[–] hesh@quokk.au 57 points 23 hours ago

I changed my Gmail address already, to one that doesn't end in gmail.com

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 16 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

why would I change my spam account?

[–] ThePyroPython@lemmy.world 36 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

This isn't for you, it's for the literal Epstein class who had their Gmail addresses leaked in the files.

[–] Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 17 points 21 hours ago

This is starting to make more sense.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 5 points 18 hours ago

I hope all the people who keep signing up for stuff, sincerely believing my email address to be theirs, will take advantage of this opportunity.

[–] homes@piefed.world 4 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

Had that email address for over 25 years. It’s the only one that has my actual name attached to it. It’s how very very very old friends and people I haven’t talked to since college still manage to reach out and get in contact with me. I don’t think I wanna change it. I have other, newer email addresses I use for contemporaneous stuff.

Also, spam

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 4 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

This is why I bought a domain years ago. Change and alias and whatever I want whenever I want.

[–] homes@piefed.world 2 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Oh, I had my own Web server for a couple of decades, and while that was useful, maintaining my own email server was a pain in the ass. Especially for junk mail filtering.

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I agree. I don't host it myself though. I'm just Google's product with that super grandfathered free version of workspace.

[–] homes@piefed.world 1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Oh, I’m sorry, I clearly misunderstood what you said and what you were were referring to

[–] badabim@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

You don't need to run your own email server to use a custom domain, some email providers let you use your own domain.

[–] leoj@piefed.zip 1 points 6 hours ago

Shout out to Purely Mail!

[–] p4rzivalrp2@piefed.social 0 points 21 hours ago (1 children)
[–] BrikoX@lemmy.zip 3 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

I believe they announced it before, but today it went live.

[–] p4rzivalrp2@piefed.social 0 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

That's simply false, I already used the feature, I believe over a month ago but it could've maybe been earlier march

[–] BrikoX@lemmy.zip 2 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

Google said on Tuesday that it is now rolling out a way for users in the U.S. to change their Gmail address without starting over or losing access to their data.

Google are the liars then, not the article.

[–] forrgott@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 hours ago

Well, do keep in mind "now rolling out" does not technically mean they now started rolling out; the way they worded it, they're simply currently in the process. So, could be typical corporate doublespeak.