Manage your email addresses

Choose which email addresses you use to do things like sign in to your Google Account, get back into your account if you lose access, and get information from Google.

Google Account email

This is the main email address for your Google Account. When you create a Google Account, it's set as your primary email. You can choose a different primary email if you like.

To change your Google Account email:

1. On your Android device, open the Settings app.
2. Tap Google Your name Manage your Google Account.
3. At the top, tap Personal info.
4. Under "Contact info," tap Email Google Account email.
   • If you can’t tap it, you might not be able to change your email. Learn how to change the email address for your account.
5. Follow the steps on the screen.

Change Google Account email

Other emails

About me emails

These email addresses are from your "About me" page. You can choose who can find these emails across Google products like Drive or Photos.

1. On your Android device, open the Settings app.
2. Tap Google Your name Manage your Google Account.
3. At the top, tap Personal info.
4. Under "Choose what others see," tap Go to About me.
5. Under "Personal contact info" or "Work contact info," tap Edit.
   • If you can’t find this , at the bottom right, tap Add info.
6. Under "Email," add, edit, or remove your email.
7. Tap OK.

Learn more about controlling what others find about you across Google products.

Manage who can view your email

Alternate emails

You can add an email that isn’t a Gmail address to your account. You can use it to sign in or get your password back, and more.

1. On your Android device, open the Settings app.
2. Tap Google Your name Manage your Google Account.
3. At the top, tap Personal info.
4. Under "Contact info," tap Email.
5. Under "Alternate emails," tap Add alternate email or Add other email.
6. Enter an email address you own.
7. Tap Add.

Learn more about alternate emails and how they're used.

Add alternate email

Recovery email

If you forget your password or get locked out, to quickly and securely get back into your account, add a recovery email.

1. On your Android device, open the Settings app.
2. Tap Google Your name Manage your Google Account.
3. At the top, tap Security.
4. Under "How you sign into Google," tap Recovery email.
5. Follow the steps on the screen.

Learn more about account recovery options.

Add recovery email

Contact email

Important: Some Google products still use your Google Account email even if you add a contact email.

When there’s something important that you need to know about your Google Account or the products you use, like YouTube, Google notifies you at your contact email. By default, Google uses your Google Account email to contact you unless you add a contact email.

You can use any email for this. It should be the one you frequently check.

1. On your Android device, open your device's Settings app.
2. Tap Google Your name Manage your Google Account.
3. At the top, tap Personal info.
4. Under "Contact info," tap Email.
5. Tap Contact email Add other email.
6. Enter an email address you own.
7. Tap Add.

Add contact email

When we’ll send you emails

We'll use your email address to communicate with you in certain situations. For example, we'll email you when we need to:

• Help you get into your account when you can’t sign in or forget your password.
• Send you important security-related information about your account. This includes when there’s unusual activity with your email address.
• Send you updates about your account. For example, when you’re running out of space or when we’ve changed a policy.
• Send you a receipt for what you bought in the Play Store.
• Send you updates about Google products and services that you've asked to receive.

Related resources

• Change the email address for your account
• Change the primary domain for your organization's Google account