By Max Miller
Publication Date: 2026-01-04 23:15:00
As the most popular provider in the world, Google’s Gmail is practically synonymous with personal email. But one issue has plagued Google users ever since Gmail first launched in 2004: Changing your Gmail address — which is also your Google username, at least by default — has never been possible.
Whichever Gmail alias you chose for yourself has always been set in stone, and that can be problematic. Maybe you made your account as a teenager and chose an embarrassingly juvenile handle. Or, even worse,…
