Gmail is one among the most widely used email application in the modern era. Users often move emails from one Gmail account to another for personal and official purposes. So, it is very essential for them to move their existing data into new ones and ensuring it to be safe.
“Recently, one of my friends rang me up for a solution to move all emails from old Gmail account to new one as she wanted all data in one account itself. She had a time bound within which she needed it to be done and enquired for an easy and quick solution. The best solution which I could suggest as per her need was Email Backup Wizard with which she can easily transfer all emails from one Gmail to another.”
I assisted her with the steps to move emails from one Gmail to another, lets too have a look at the same.
Steps to Move Emails from One Gmail Account to Another
Get the step by step method to move data from one Gmail account to another using Email Backup Software.
Download the Software using below download button:
- Install and Run the software and select Gmail from the left panel.
- Enter the credentials of the source Gmail account and click on Login.
Note: If you face login issues like Authentication Error, then you need to enable less secure apps option. Please refer below link,
https://emailbackupwizard.com/settings.html
- Now, select Gmail from the saving options available and enter the respective credentials.
Note: Less Secure Apps should be enabled.
- If you want to backup all emails then select All Mail from the left pane. Also, choose required folders to transfer selected folders from one Gmail to another.
- Then, click on Backup and the process begins. And, it will be successfully completed.
Users often approach us with the need of manual method to move all emails from Gmail to Another.
“Is it possible to move emails from one Gmail account to another? I have many emails in different folders that I’d like to transfer without the help of any third-party software.”
Here we go on a quick run through the manual approaches.
Manual Procedure to Transfer emails from One Gmail to Another.
1)Enable POP in old Gmail account.
Sign In to your Gmail account and follow the below steps to enable POP in the old Gmail account.
- Go to Settings to set POP data in the Gmail account.
- Select Forwarding and POP/IMAP.
- Then, select Enable POP for all mail.
- Go to drop-down menu, select the “Archive Gmail’s copy” option.
- Click Save Changes.
2) Import Emails into Other Gmail Account
- First, login to your new Gmail account
- Go to Gear and click on Settings.
- Select the Accounts and go to Import.
- In the check mail from other accounts, select All Mail Account option.
- A window will pop up in which you have to enter the email address which you want to import.
- Click on Next
- Note: Ensure that the Import emails from the other account (POP3) is selected.
- Again, click Next.
- Enter the credentials of Gmail account.
- Select POP Server as gmail.com and Port as 995.
- Please check the feature Always use a secure connection (SSL) when retrieving mail.
- Click Add Account
- Select Yes, I want to be able to send mail as ___@gmail.com under the tab Would you also like to be able to send mail as _____@gmail.com?
- Click on the Next button.
- Enter your name under the Name option.
- Click Next.
- Go to Send Verification and then log in to your old Gmail account to “copy verification code” and then verify the account.
Hence, the process is completed.
Limitations of the Manual Method
- Too lengthy and time-consuming process.
- Risk of data loss.
Note: Always keep a backup copy of the entire data
- Need in-depth knowledge on the whole process. If any step is skipped, you will have to start all over again.
- Successful migration cannot be ensured.
Bottom Lines
In the entire blog, we had a fair approach on how to move emails from one Gmail Account to Another. I hope we have covered all the possible solutions to accomplish this task. If you are a techie with enough knowledge on the process, you can take the risk of manual method. But for a normal user we would suggest to go with Email Backup Tool so as to avoid data loss and to effectively migrate emails from Gmail to Gmail.