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When you create a Google Account, you automatically get a Gmail address. But if you’d rather use another email address to sign in, you can link a non-Gmail email address to the account and use it to sign in, recover your password, get notifications, and more.
In some cases, you can use a different email address (username) to identify your Google Account. What this email address is. When you're signed in, your email address shows next to your name and profile photo. To find your email address, select your Profile picture or initial. You can sign in with it.
If you want to change your email address, sign up for a new address. After you sign up for a new address, you can transfer emails and contacts from your old address to the new one. If you believe someone created a Gmail address using your trademarked name, contact them to resolve the issue.
Choose a username 6–30 characters long. Your username can be any combination of letters, numbers, or symbols.
You can change your password for security reasons or reset it if you forget it. Your Google Account password is used to access many Google products, like Gmail and YouTube.
To find your username, follow these steps. You need to know: A phone number or the recovery email address for the account. The full name on your account. Follow the instructions to confirm it’s your account. You’ll find a list of usernames that match your account.
Enter your Gmail username (everything that appears before '@gmail.com'). Enter your password. Add Gmail to an existing Google Account. If you add Gmail to your Google Account, your account's primary username permanently changes to yourusername@gmail.com.
If you’ve previously signed up for a Google Account, and can’t remember the username or email address that you used, you can try to recover it. Follow the steps in the preceding section to recover your account.
If you have multiple email accounts, you can check them in Gmail. Learn how to add another email account to the Gmail app. You can add up to 5 email addresses to your Gmail account.
If you have more than one Google Account, you can sign in to multiple accounts at once. That way, you can switch between accounts without signing out and back in again. Your accounts have separate settings, but in some cases, settings from your default account might apply.