Gmail accounts give you access to Google Drive and provide 15 GB of free Drive storage for emails and other files. Your Gmail account can also be used for a variety of other Google services, such as YouTube. Outlook gives you access to OneDrive, which comes with 5 GB of free storage. Yahoo! Mail has 1 TB of free mail storage. Zoho is an ad-free service that provides 5 GB of storage, as well as cloud document services like Google Drive and OneDrive.
Make a Google Account Set up a Yahoo! Mail Account Create a Hotmail Account (Outlook. com)
See Create a Secure Password for a detailed guide on making a strong password.
See Set up 2 Step Verification in Gmail for instructions on setting up two-factor authentication in Gmail.
You may want to send different messages to different groups of people. Many email services allow you to group contacts. Create a few different groups, such as “Work,” “Family,” and “Friends,” and then send the messages to the groups instead of individual contacts.
Start with the most important accounts first, including your online banking, utilities, social media, and online store accounts. Then make sure all of your other accounts are changed as well, including forum accounts and other less-important accounts. See Change Your Email Address on Facebook for instructions on changing your address in Facebook. See Change Your Email Address on Linkedin for instructions on changing your LinkedIn email address. See Change Your Email Address on Yelp for instructions on changing your Yelp account email. See Change Your Email Address on wikiHow for instructions for changing your email address here at wikiHow.
In Gmail, click the Gear button and select “Settings. " Click the “Accounts and Import” tab, and then click “Import mail and contacts. " Follow the prompts to load your old account. Once you’ve added your old account, you can even send mail from the old address using Gmail. In Yahoo Mail, click the Gear button and select “Settings. " Click the “Accounts” tab on the left side of the window. Click “Add another mailbox” and then follow the prompts to add your old account. Yahoo Mail supports Gmail, Outlook, AOL, and other Yahoo accounts. Once you’ve added an account, you can send mail using your new or old address. In Outlook. com, Click the Gear button and select “Connected accounts. " Click the “Gmail” button to add a Gmail account, or the “Other email” button to add any other account. If you add an email account, you’ll be able to send mail from either your Outlook. com address or your old address.
See Export Gmail Contacts for instructions on exporting your Gmail contacts. See Export Contacts from Outlook for instructions on exporting your Outlook mail client contacts.
The process for forwarding email will vary depending on your service. Generally, you’ll find the forwarding settings in the Settings menu of your email service. You may have multiple options, such as keeping copies of forwarded messages on the original account, or deleting them as they’re forwarded to your new account. See Forward Gmail for instructions on forwarding mail from Gmail. See Forward Yahoo Mail for instructions on forwarding mail in Yahoo.
See Set Up a New Gmail Account on Android for a guide on adding a new Gmail account to your Android device. See Set Up Email Account on an Android Device for instructions on adding any other email account to your Android device. See Set Up Gmail on an iPhone for tips on getting your Gmail account added to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch. See Send Email on the iPhone for instructions on adding any email account to your iOS device.
There may be no harm in keeping an old address, especially if it’s free. You can always use your old address to sign up for mailing lists and other less important accounts, which can help minimize spam on your new account. Keeping your old email account can be very useful if you need to log into an online account you set up with it that you forgot to transition to your new email. If you delete your old account before making the change, you may be locked out without the ability to manage it.
See Use Email Autoresponders for information on setting up an auto-reply.
See Delete a Google or Gmail Account for information on deleting your Gmail account. See Delete Yahoo! Accounts for instructions on deleting your Yahoo Mail account. See Close a Microsoft Account for details on deleting a Hotmail, Live, or Outlook. com mail account.
