Free · Systems · 6 steps
Switch your Google Workspace email to a new domain
New business name or a new website domain, but your email still ends in the old one? Add the new domain to Google Workspace and switch your primary email in 6 steps. Same account, same inbox, and your old address keeps working.
- ✓ Annotated screenshots of every place to click in the Admin console.
- ✓ No mail lost: the old address stays on as an alias.
- ✓ PDF download so you can follow along on a second screen.
Why it matters
Your email should match your business
The problem
Mismatched email
Your website and signs show the new name, but every email still goes out from the old domain.
Who notices
Customers and A2P
Customers see an address that doesn't match your business. A2P texting registration also compares your business email to your website, and a mismatch can get it sent back.
The fix
Same account, new domain
Add the domain as a secondary domain and switch the primary email. Workspace bills per user, not per domain, so adding the new domain costs nothing extra.
Step-by-step guide
6 steps with screenshots
You'll need a Google Workspace admin login and access to your domain host (the company where you bought the new domain).
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Open the 6 steps and the PDF
Make a free account and it opens right here. The same account opens every guide and your free website scan.
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