Change a Directory user's name or email address

This page is for administrators who manage other people's accounts. To change the name for a personal gmail.com account, go here, instead. 

What do you want to change?

	A user's profile (first or last) name Appears in emails they send, the searchable Directory, and Google services. Changing this name has no effect on the user's email address or sign-in name. See the steps: Change a user's profile name
	The first part of a user's email address (user@) Choose what you want to do: Change a user's address Example: [e-mail] now wants the address [e-mail]. The user will: Start receiving mail at their new address Sign in to their account with the new address (old sign-in name won't work) Continue to get mail at their old address, which becomes an email alias Continue to access emails, files, and data associated with the old address See the steps: Change the first part of a user's email address Give a user another "email alias" address Example: [e-mail] also wants to get mail at [e-mail]. Mail sent to either address arrives in the user's same inbox. See the steps: Give a user an additional "alias" address (sales@)
	The last part of their address (@example) Choose what you want to do (you must own the other domain): Move one user to the new domain Example: You added a domain for a new business to your account, and you want to move a user’s primary address to that business. The user will: Start receiving mail at their new address Sign in to their account with the new address (old sign-in name won't work) Continue to get mail at their old address, which becomes an email alias Continue to access emails, files, and data associated with the old address See the steps: Change the last part of a user's email address Give all users an additional address at the new domain Example: You added a domain for a new business to your account, and you want everyone to have an email address at that business—in addition to their current address. All users will: Continue to receive mail at their current address  Continue to sign in with their current address (sign-in doesn't change) Start receiving mail at the address with the new domain name, too. The new address becomes an email alias for that user See the steps: Add a domain alias Switch all users to the new domain  Example: You acquired a new domain for all your users and will no longer use the original domain (you're selling it to someone else). See the steps: Change your primary domain

Related topics

• Name guidelines for users and groups
• Impact of changing a user's email address