By Chrissy Callahan
Publication Date: 2026-04-02 13:54:00
Gmail has good news for anyone who regrets their email address.
For the first time in the platform’s 22-year history, account holders now have the ability to change their Gmail address name. Previously, Gmail users who wanted to do so had to create a brand new account.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai shared the announcement in a post on X.
“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 username and you can sign in with both,” he said.
Many social media users were excited to hear the news.
“Half of us are still stuck with emails we created in school,” one X user commented.
Another wrote, “This feels like being offered a rebrand for my teenage self.”
Still some Gmail users weren’t too eager to part ways with their email address name.
“Too late bro. That email…
