How to Sign in to your Google Account with another email address

Thu-Dec-2023
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While you can’t directly sign in to your Google Account with another email address, you can add that email as an “alternate email” and then use it to sign in. Here’s how you can do it on different devices:

On your computer:

  1. Open your Google Account settings: https://myaccount.google.com/privacy
  2. Sign in if prompted.
  3. Select Personal info from the left menu.
  4. Under Contact info, click on Email.
  5. Click on Add alternate email or Add other email.
  6. Enter the email address you want to add.
  7. Click Add.
  8. You’ll receive a verification email to the new address. Open it and click the Verify button.

On your Android phone or tablet:

  1. Open the Settings app.
  2. Tap on Google.
  3. Tap on Manage your Google Account.
  4. Tap on Personal info at the top.
  5. Under Contact info, tap on Email.
  6. Tap on Add alternate email or Add other email.
  7. Enter the email address you want to add.
  8. Tap Add.
  9. You’ll receive a verification email to the new address. Open it and click the Verify button.

On your iPhone or iPad:

  1. Open the Gmail app.
  2. Tap on your profile picture in the top right corner.
  3. Tap on Add another account.
  4. Choose Sign in with an existing Google Account.
  5. Enter the email address you want to use and tap Next.
  6. You’ll be prompted to enter the password for that email address. Enter it and tap Next.
  7. You’ll receive a verification email to the new address. Open it and click the Verify button.

Important notes:

  • You can add up to 10 alternate email addresses to your Google Account.
  • You can choose which email address to use as your primary sign-in email address.
  • You can also remove an alternate email address if you no longer want to use it.