Add some other email account to the Gmail app

Read and send mail service from Yahoo, Hotmail, and other e-mail addresses using the Gmail app, instead of forwarding your post.

With your non-Google address, y'all can apply many of the same Gmail features as Google Accounts:

  • Search for an email by sender, subject, or other criteria.
  • Move an email to a folder.
  • Change how you lot encounter respond emails.

Add or remove your business relationship

Y'all can add together both Gmail and non-Gmail accounts to the Gmail app on your iPhone or iPad. Make certain you've downloaded the Gmail app.

Add an account

  1. On your iPhone or iPad, open up the Gmail app.
  2. In the top right, tap your profile motion picture.
  3. Tap Employ another account.
  4. Choose the type of business relationship you lot want to add together.
    • If you utilize iCloud, @me.com, or @mac.com accounts, you might demand to enter specific settings and an app password.
    • If you cheque work or school emails through Outlook for Windows, selectOutlook, Hotmail, and Live.
    • If you don't run into your email service, selectOther.
  5. Follow the steps on the screen to add together your account. If available, tapTry Gmailify to get Gmail features with your added account, like spam protection and email categories.

Tip: Y'all can read and ship postal service from most email addresses using the Gmail app on iPhone or iPad, including Yahoo and Hotmail. Instead of forwarding your mail service, you 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 right, tap your contour 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 have multiple email accounts, y'all can cheque them in Gmail. Learn how to add together another electronic mail account to the Gmail app.

Switch accounts

Messages on the Gmail app stay separate for each account.

  1. On your iPhone or iPad, open the Gmail app.
  2. In the pinnacle correct, tap your contour pic.
  3. Tap the account yous want to use.

Tip: You can read and ship postal service from almost email addresses using the Gmail app on iPhone or iPad, including Yahoo and Hotmail. Instead of forwarding your mail, you tin add together that business relationship to the Gmail app.

See postal service from all your accounts in the same inbox

I'm getting an mistake

"Username and password not accustomed"

Cheque with your other email service for:

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

Note: If you're trying to add an iCloud account to Gmail, learn how to enter iCloud settings.

"Email security non guaranteed"

If your other electronic mail service doesn't back up the highest level of security for your messages, nosotros'll show you this alarm.

If the issue isn't astringent, yous'll accept the option to add together your business relationship using an unsecured connection:

  1. In the "Security blazon" section, tap the Down pointer Down arrow.
  2. Select None.

Note: If y'all choose this option, your connexion to your email service won't be encrypted. This ways that someone might run into the username, countersign, or bulletin information of your added account.

Certificate error

If y'all come across any of the mistake messages below, your other electronic mail service might not support a secure connection.

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

To help fix the error, you can report it to your other email service:

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

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

"Something went wrong" or "Couldn't open connectedness to server"

You can't add non-IMAP accounts, like Exchange and POP, to your Gmail app. If y'all're adding a different type of account, check with your electronic mail provider to make sure IMAP is turned on.

Related resources

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

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