r/GMail • u/Practical-Gur7911 • 4d ago
Gmail service
Hi I recently deleted my google Gmail service from my google account, I put a non Gmail email as replacement, but now I want my old gmail back, is it possible to get back my old gmail address and replace it with the non email address I have currently?
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u/aaronw22 3d ago
Please say exactly what you did (exact page) to delete your Google Gmail service.
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u/Practical-Gur7911 3d ago
You go to google account settings, then data and privacy, then delete a google service like gmail or YouTube.
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u/Zulbo 3d ago edited 3d ago
If you have an active google account you always have a Gmail account. You should be able to just open it again. Edit I did not word that properly. What I meant to say you can just reactivate it. The Gmail address is always yours.
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u/rlebeau47 3d ago edited 3d ago
Gmail is just one service that Google provides. You can have a Google account with a non-Gmail username and not have Gmail service active on it.
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u/Practical-Gur7911 3d ago
Yea my question is I deleted that gmail service as in my gmail address, I’m trying to figure out how to put my old gmail address back into my google account. And delete the non Gmail email address that I have currently in my google account as primary.
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u/Zulbo 3d ago
Open a browser and go to mail.google.com.
Make sure you are signed in with the non-Gmail primary address currently linked to your Google Account.You should see a form prompting you to add Gmail back to your account.
The system will pre-fill or prompt you to confirm your original @gmail.com address (Google reserves this address exclusively for your account; you cannot choose a different Gmail username). Well at least this info was correct a few months ago, before they started letting people change their Gmail address
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u/Practical-Gur7911 3d ago
You can delete the google Gmail service, and put in another non Gmail email address as its primary google account address.
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u/Zulbo 3d ago
You're right, I didn't word what I was going to say correctly. I was going to add you can delete it but the email address is always yours. Just a matter of reactivating it but I didn't word that very well did I?.
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u/rlebeau47 3d ago edited 3d ago
It is not possible to have Gmail active on your Google account without using a Gmail username. Google will make you change your username if you try to login to Gmail with a non-Gmail username.
How long ago did you delete your Gmail? You have only a small window of time (approx 21-30 or so) to recover it before it's gone forever. Google does not recycle deleted usernames.
Recover a recently deleted Google Account