Google Now Lets You Change Your Gmail Address in the U.S.

In a long-awaited update, Google now lets you change your Google account username, or the part before @gmail.com.

“Your digital identity just got an upgrade,” a new post to the Google The Keyword blog explains. “You can now change your Google Account username (i.e., the part before @gmail.com), which you use to sign in to apps and services like Gmail, Photos, Drive and more.”

This change is available now to all Gmail users in the United States, though there’s no word when it might be coming to other locales. Users can change their Google account username once every 12 months unless they revert to a previous username.

To make the change, sign into Gmail and then navigate to the Google account website. If you see a message that you cannot make a change, it may be because you use a Chromebook, sign in with Google on non-Google sites, or connect remotely using Chrome Remote Desktop. Whatever the issue, the Google Account Help website has some steps you can take the resolve it.