Google ends 20-year restriction, finally allows users to change embarrassing Gmail usernames

Google is finally giving users the ability to get rid of their embarrassing Gmail usernames with its latest update. In a blog post on Tuesday, the tech giant said that it has been working on the update since last year to ‘help your account grow with you’, and the feature is now available to all users in the US.

Google parent Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai talked about the feature in a post on X (formerly Twitter), writing, “2004 was a good year, but your Gmail address doesn’t need to be stuck in it.”