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How to Transfer Emails Between Two Gmail Accounts

Moving multiple Gmail emails into another Gmail account should be a dead-simple feature built into Gmail, but it’s not. Fortunately though, you can still transfer Gmail messages between accounts in bulk using the tips on this page.

Sure, you could forward an email or two into another account, but if you want to move a massive number of emails at one time, forwarding just isn’t the best option. What you need is a Gmail-to-Gmail transfer tool so that the emails from one account are moved into the other account in just a few minutes tops.

Maybe you just got a brand-new Gmail account and you want to use it as your primary one and forget about all your other accounts, or maybe you’re wanting to back up your Gmail emails to a different account with more storage. 

No matter the reason, the best options for transferring Gmail emails between accounts are described below. If you need to transfer emails between Yahoo, Outlook, Gmail, etc., then check the link.

Transfer Gmail Emails With Gmail

Gmail has a tool called Import mail and contacts that you can use to do just that. Here’s how:

Now that Gmail is transferring all your emails between the Gmail accounts, you just need to wait. You can monitor the process from the Accounts and Imports screen.

This method lets you send mail from the other account, too. Return to the screen above after the import has finished, and select make default to make all outgoing mail default to that Gmail address (you can still use the other one by selecting it manually).

Use Your Desktop Email Client to Transfer Gmail Emails

If you have both your Gmail account connected to an email program on your computer, transferring some or all of your emails into the other account is very simple.

Let’s look at an example of how to transfer emails between Gmail accounts with Microsoft Outlook. Most other email clients will work very similarly.

First, we’ll start with adding the two Gmail accounts to Outlook:

Now it’s time to actually move the Gmail emails in bulk:

Tip: Do you want to move everything over at once, from every folder? Follow the PST export directions here to learn how to merge a PST file (Outlook data file) with your Gmail account.

Tip: If you prefer, make a new folder in the destination account that’s entitled “Old Emails” or “Emails From XYZ Account” so that it’ll be easier to distinguish them from other messages.

If you’re interested, you can also check all of your email accounts from Gmail. This is ideal if you like the Gmail interface but you want to hold onto your other accounts from different email services.

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