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Learn moreWhether you’re transitioning away from a silly or provocative email address as you enter the professional world or you just crave a change, learn how to switch to a new email address with ease.
If you need to change your email address because the name is too juvenile—or if some other issue brought you here—the headaches that come along with changing your email address are many. After all, you have to update everyone (friends, family, banks, subscription services, and beyond!) with your new primary address.
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Learn moreSo, you might wonder, “Can I change my email address without losing everything?” If you use Outlook, you’re in luck. But if you don’t, all is not lost. Read on to learn how to change your email address in Microsoft Outlook as well as other popular providers like Gmail and Yahoo.
Microsoft Outlook offers a unique feature that lets you change your email address without setting up a new account or implementing email forwarding. The process of changing your Outlook email address is easy. Simply create an alias that links your new email address to the old one. By doing this, all your contacts and settings will stay the same without migrating to a new account.
Gmail has a variety of features that let you customize your email experience. However, you can’t change your email address once you’ve created it. Unfortunately, you’re stuck with the email address as long as you continue to use it. Instead of changing your primary email’s name, create an entirely new Gmail address with your preferred name.
Once you’ve done that, work around the name change limitation by setting up email forwarding—a free service in all Gmail accounts. Gmail allows you to set up as many email addresses as you’d like for whatever purpose you see fit. Email forwarding makes it easy to manage each email from a single address without having to hop from one account to another.
Once you’ve set up your Yahoo email address, you’ve basically made your bed and have to lie in it. The only things Yahoo allows you to update are personal information like your name, nickname, gender, and birthday. Should you choose to create an entirely new Yahoo email address, you can import your contact list by following the same steps as Gmail.
Another option: Yahoo Mail Plus, a paid service, allows you to forward emails to a new address. This can save you from having to create an entirely new Yahoo email address and maintain multiple accounts.
So, there you have it. While changing your primary email address comes with some challenges, there are at least a few options or workarounds that make things simpler. Check out other email organizing hacks, like how to create eye-catching signatures, when to use encryption, how to send emails as texts, how to manage spam, and more. Try Outlook today for a free email and calendar software that lets you manage everything in one place.
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