Chances are you’ll quickly be capable to change your Gmail handle

A Google assist web page in Hindi says the flexibility to alter your Gmail handle is on the way in which. The characteristic would will let you exchange your present @gmail.com handle with one other. Your previous handle would stay lively as an alias on the account, and all of your information would stick round, unaffected.

The assist web page (translated) says that “the flexibility to alter your Google Account e-mail handle is steadily rolling out to all customers.” The change was first noticed on a Google Pixel discussion board on Telegram and was first reported within the press by 9to5Google.

Google hasn’t made a proper announcement in regards to the change. The English model of the assist web page nonetheless says you often cannot change your @gmail.com handle. Up thus far, Google has solely allowed handle modifications for non-gmail.com addresses.

Engadget reached out to Google for affirmation. We’ll replace this story if we hear again.

When the characteristic (presumably) rolls out broadly, you will change it by way of your account settings. Check in to your Google account, then go to Handle your Google account > Private information > Google Account e-mail. Should you do not see the choice to alter it, then you definitely’ll have to attend.