How to Import Emails to Gmail

Last Updated: July 22, 2019

If you recently switched to Gmail and want access to your emails from the other account, this wikiHow will show you how to import emails into Gmail using a computer. You can choose to import all your mail, only old mail, or you can choose to have only new mail forwarded to your account, a process that requires you to search the web about how to forward emails using your service. For example, if your old email account is a Yahoo account, you can choose to let other services access your email from the Accounts section of Settings.

Method 1

Method 1 of 2:

Importing All Emails

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Make sure your old email account has POP access. You can normally find this option in “Settings.” In this method, you will import old and new messages to your Gmail account from your old account.
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Click
. You’ll need to change the default settings to allow emails from the other service to access your Gmail account.

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Click the Accounts and import tab. You’ll see this along the top of the settings box.
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Click Add email account. You'll see this in the header “Check mail from other accounts”.
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Type the name of the other email account, then click “Next.”
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Choose to use Gmailify or POP3. Gmailify will allow you to manage your old email account as well as your Gmail account, but if you use POP3, you will only import the emails.
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Sign in to your old email account if prompted.
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Click to check the boxes next to “Always use a secure connection (SSL) when retrieving mail” and “Label incoming messages.”
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Click “Add Account.” Importing all your emails or linking your email account may take a few minutes. When they finally import or link, you should see all the mail in your Inbox.

Method 2

Method 2 of 2:

Importing Old Mail

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Click
. You’ll need to change the default settings to allow emails from the other service to access your Gmail account.
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Click the Accounts and import tab. You’ll see this along the top of the settings box.
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Click Import mail and contacts. You’ll see this in the “Import mail and contacts” header.
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Enter your old email address. Click “Continue” when you’re done.
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Sign in to your old email account. You’ll need to accept/allow the export of emails from this account by pressing “Continue” in the pop-up.
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Click Start Import. This may take a few minutes, but you’ll eventually find all your old emails in your Gmail account. ^{[1]
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- New mail sent to that old account will also be forwarded to your Gmail for 30 days.