Create a Google Account Keeping Your Old Email Address

We often use Google Docs and Spreadsheets to share information in a secure and reliable way: it allows us to work on a document together with whoever we share it with, make comments and suggestions. It also saves us the endless sending emails and Word documents back and forth.

No Gmail address required to work on Google Docs

You do not need a Gmail address to access Google Docs, Spreadsheets and several other services that come with a free Gmail account.

Use an existing email address

  1. Go to the Google Account Sign In page.
  2. Click Create account.
  3. Enter your name.
  4. Click Use my current email address instead.
  5. Enter your current email address.
  6. Click Next.
  7. Verify your email address with the code sent to your existing email.
  8. Click Verify.

You can also:

  • Add a recovery phone number
  • Add a recovery email address
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