Add another electronic mail account to the Gmail app

Read and send mail from Yahoo, Hotmail, and other email addresses using the Gmail app, instead of forwarding your mail.

With your not-Google address, you can apply many of the same Gmail features as Google Accounts:

  • Search for an electronic mail past sender, subject, or other criteria.
  • Move an email to a binder.
  • Change how you see reply emails.

Add or remove your business relationship

Yous tin can add both Gmail and non-Gmail accounts to the Gmail app on your iPhone or iPad. Make sure you've downloaded the Gmail app.

Add an account

  1. On your iPhone or iPad, open the Gmail app.
  2. In the tiptop right, tap your contour pic.
  3. Tap Use some other account.
  4. Choose the blazon of account you lot want to add together.
    • If you utilize iCloud, @me.com, or @mac.com accounts, yous might demand to enter specific settings and an app countersign.
    • If you cheque work or school emails through Outlook for Windows, selectOutlook, Hotmail, and Live.
    • If you don't see your email service, selectOther.
  5. Follow the steps on the screen to add your account. If available, tapTry Gmailify to get Gmail features with your added account, similar spam protection and email categories.

Tip: Y'all can read and send post from virtually email addresses using the Gmail app on iPhone or iPad, including Yahoo and Hotmail. Instead of forwarding your mail, you tin can add that business relationship to the Gmail app.

Remove an account

  1. On your iPhone or iPad, open the Gmail app.
  2. In the top correct, tap your profile picture.
  3. Tap Manage accounts on this device.
  4. Tap Remove from this device.

Switch or see all messages from accounts in Gmail app

If you accept multiple email accounts, y'all can check them in Gmail. Learn how to add another email account to the Gmail app.

Switch accounts

Messages on the Gmail app stay separate for each account.

  1. On your iPhone or iPad, open up the Gmail app.
  2. In the top right, tap your profile flick.
  3. Tap the account you lot want to use.

Tip: You can read and send mail from most email addresses using the Gmail app on iPhone or iPad, including Yahoo and Hotmail. Instead of forwarding your mail, yous tin can add that account to the Gmail app.

Meet post from all your accounts in the aforementioned inbox

I'm getting an error

"Username and password non accustomed"

Check with your other email service for:

  • The correct server, port, and security settings
  • Whether you need an app-specific password to sign in

Notation: If y'all're trying to add together an iCloud account to Gmail, learn how to enter iCloud settings.

"Email security not guaranteed"

If your other email service doesn't support the highest level of security for your messages, nosotros'll evidence you lot this warning.

If the outcome isn't astringent, y'all'll have the choice to add your account using an unsecured connexion:

  1. In the "Security type" section, tap the Downwardly arrow Down arrow.
  2. Select None.

Note: If y'all cull this option, your connexion to your email service won't be encrypted. This ways that someone might see the username, password, or message information of your added business relationship.

Certificate error

If you come across any of the error letters below, your other electronic mail service might not back up a secure connection.

  • Document non trusted
  • Certificate expired or not yet valid
  • Document has been changed
  • Certificate subject and hostname mismatch
  • Certificate non plant

To assistance gear up the error, yous can report information technology to your other email service:

  1. On the error message, tap More info.
  2. In the top right, tap More More and then  Share.

Annotation: You might need to practice a search for the contact information of your other email service.

"Something went wrong" or "Couldn't open up connection to server"

You lot can't add together non-IMAP accounts, like Substitution and POP, to your Gmail app. If you're adding a different blazon of account, check with your email provider to make sure IMAP is turned on.

Related resources

  • Create a Gmail business relationship
  • Change or reset your password
  • Sign in to Gmail

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