For the first time since Gmail launched, Google is preparing to let people change the actual @gmail.com address tied to their account without starting from scratch. That sounds like a small tweak, but it effectively turns one of the most rigid pieces of online identity into something flexible and renewable.

Google now allows Gmail users to change their primary @gmail.com address without creating a new account. All emails and data remain intact.

Google is testing out a new feature that lets users change their Gmail username without creating a new account. The update keeps all data, services and subscriptions intact while allowing a fresh @gmail.

Google is testing a major Gmail update that could finally allow users, starting in India, to change their @gmail.com addresses.