October 11, 2026 02:31 pm (IST)

Make this your homepage

Technology

'Undeclared Emer-GenZ': Shashi Tharoor slams Delhi curbs over CJP protests, calls internet shutdown 'most regressive' | ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’, ‘Inquilab Zindabad’: CJP leader Abhijeet Dipke dares Delhi Police to arrest him, says ‘We are not afraid’ | CJP protest crackdown? Abhijeet Dipke, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka detained from inside flight | Dhruv Rathee detained ahead of CJP protests against CEC Gyanesh Kumar as Delhi goes on high alert | ‘Restriction, not complete closure’: Supreme Court questions Delhi shutdown ahead of CJP protest | 'Unwarranted': India hits back at JD Vance over ‘indentured servants’ remark amid US Green Card crackdown | US targets Microsoft, Infosys, Tata in green card crackdown | ‘Bold and inventive’: Canadian poet Anne Carson wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature | ‘Attempt to destabilise world’s largest democracy’: 42 retired judges rally behind Gyanesh Kumar over ‘vote chori’ row | ‘Vote chor, gaddi chod’: Dhruv Rathee, Prakash Raj join Bengaluru protest against Gyanesh Kumar

Gmail

Gmail is one of the widely used emailing platforms across the world. Photo: Unsplash

Do you still have an embarrassing Gmail ID? You can now change it — Here’s how

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | Apr 04, 2026, at 10:39 am

There is good news for Gmail users. The widely used email platform is now allowing account holders to change their email addresses — a feature being introduced for the first time in over two decades.

Until now, users who wanted a different Gmail address had to create an entirely new account.

Sundar Pichai announces major update

Announcing the change, Google CEO Sundar Pichai wrote on X: “2004 was a good year, but your Gmail address doesn’t need to be stuck in it.”

2004 was a good year, but your Gmail address doesn't need to be stuck in it.

To say goodbye to v0t3f0rp3dr02004@gmail.com or mrbrightside416@gmail.com (or whatever you were into at the time), go to your Google Account settings and choose any name available. You'll keep your old…
— Sundar Pichai (@sundarpichai) March 31, 2026

He added:“To say goodbye to old usernames like v0t3f0rp3dr02004@gmail.com or mrbrightside416@gmail.com, go to your Google Account settings and choose any available name. You’ll keep your old username and can sign in with both.”

What’s changing?

According to Google, users — starting in the US — can now change their account username across services like Gmail, Photos, and Drive.

You asked, we delivered. If you’re a U.S. Google user, you can now change your account username for tools like Gmail, Photos, Drive and more — while keeping your emails, data and account history. Here’s what to know:

1️⃣ You can choose any available @gmail.com username.

2️⃣… pic.twitter.com/eF2lgbJaFg
— Google (@Google) March 31, 2026

How it works

Users can choose any available @gmail.com username

The old email address will remain as an alias

You can send, receive, and sign in using both addresses

You can revert to your old username if needed

Username changes are allowed once a year, up to three times in total

#Gmail update # change Gmail address # Google Gmail new feature # Sundar Pichai Gmail announcement # Gmail username change # Gmail alias feature # Google account settings # Gmail new rules # email address change Google # Gmail latest news # tech updates 2026 # Google services update

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.