Add another email business relationship to the Gmail app

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

With your non-Google address, you tin use many of the same Gmail features equally Google Accounts:

  • Search for an email by sender, field of study, or other criteria.
  • Move an electronic mail to a folder.
  • Alter how you meet respond emails.

Add or remove your account

You lot tin add both Gmail and non-Gmail accounts to the Gmail app on your iPhone or iPad. Make sure you've downloaded the Gmail app.

Add an account

  1. On your iPhone or iPad, open the Gmail app.
  2. In the top right, tap your profile motion picture.
  3. Tap Use some other account.
  4. Choose the type of business relationship you want to add.
    • If you use iCloud, @me.com, or @mac.com accounts, you might need to enter specific settings and an app countersign.
    • If you check work or school emails through Outlook for Windows, selectOutlook, Hotmail, and Live.
    • If yous don't come across your email service, selectOther.
  5. Follow the steps on the screen to add your business relationship. If bachelor, tapTry Gmailify to become Gmail features with your added account, like spam protection and electronic mail categories.

Tip: Yous can read and send mail from well-nigh email addresses using the Gmail app on iPhone or iPad, including Yahoo and Hotmail. Instead of forwarding your mail, you tin add that account to the Gmail app.

Remove an account

  1. On your iPhone or iPad, open the Gmail app.
  2. In the top right, tap your profile 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 lot take multiple email accounts, you tin check them in Gmail. Acquire how to add together another email 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 peak right, tap your profile picture.
  3. Tap the account you want to use.

Tip: You tin read and send post from nigh electronic mail addresses using the Gmail app on iPhone or iPad, including Yahoo and Hotmail. Instead of forwarding your mail, you can add that account to the Gmail app.

See mail service from all your accounts in the same inbox

I'm getting an error

"Username and password not accepted"

Check with your other email service for:

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

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

"Email security not guaranteed"

If your other email service doesn't support the highest level of security for your messages, nosotros'll show you this warning.

If the event isn't astringent, y'all'll take the option to add together your business relationship using an unsecured connection:

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

Note: If you choose this choice, your connectedness to your email service won't exist encrypted. This means that someone might run into the username, countersign, or message data of your added business relationship.

Certificate fault

If you run into any of the error messages below, your other e-mail service might not support a secure connection.

  • Certificate non trusted
  • Certificate expired or not yet valid
  • Certificate has been changed
  • Certificate bailiwick and hostname mismatch
  • Certificate non found

To help fix the error, you lot can report information technology to your other email service:

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

Annotation: Y'all might demand to do a search for the contact information of your other email service.

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

You can't add non-IMAP accounts, like Exchange and Pop, to your Gmail app. If you're adding a dissimilar type of account, bank check with your electronic mail provider to brand sure IMAP is turned on.

Related resources

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

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