Instead of forwarding email, you can use the Gmail app to read and send email from Yahoo, Outlook, and other email addresses.
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With a non-Google email account, you can use many of the same Gmail features as Google Accounts:
- Search for an email by sender, subject, or other criteria.
- Move an email to a folder.
- Change how you reply to emails.
Add or remove an email account
You can add both Gmail and non-Gmail accounts to the Gmail app for Android.
- On your Android phone or tablet, open the Gmail app
. - In the top right, tap your profile picture.
- Tap Add another account.
- Choose the type of account you want to add.
- To use iCloud Mail, @me.com, or @mac.com accounts, tap iCloud.
- If you check work or school emails through Outlook for Windows, select Outlook, Hotmail, and Live.
- If you don't find your email provider, select Other.
- To add your account, follow the steps on the screen.
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- On your Android phone or tablet, open the Gmail app.
- In the top right, tap your profile picture.
- Tap Manage accounts on this device.
- Tap the email account you want to remove.
- Tap Remove account.
Switch or find all messages from your email accounts
Important: Messages in the Gmail app stay separate for each account.
- On your Android phone or tablet, open the Gmail app .
- In the top right, tap your profile picture.
- Tap the account you want to use.
Find messages from all email accounts
- On your Android phone or tablet, open the Gmail app .
- In the top left, tap Menu All inboxes.
All inboxes.Fix issues with adding an account in the Gmail app
The username and password aren't accepted
Important: If you're trying to add an iCloud Mail account to Gmail, learn how to enter iCloud Mail settings.
Check with your other email service for:
- The correct server, port, and security settings.
- Whether you need an app-specific password to sign in.
You receive the message: "Email security not guaranteed"
If your other email service doesn't support the highest level of security for your messages, we'll show you this warning.
If the issue isn't severe, you'll have the option to add your account using an unsecured connection:
- Tap the "Security type" dropdown menu.
- Select None.
Important: When you choose this option, your connection to your email service isn't encrypted. This means that someone might find the username, password, or message information of your added account.
There's a certificate error
If you receive an error message about a certificate, your other email service might not support a secure connection. Examples of certificate error messages include:
- "Certificate not trusted"
- "Certificate expired or not yet valid"
- "Certificate has been changed"
- "Certificate subject and hostname mismatch"
- "Certificate not found"
To help fix the error, you can report it to your other email service:
- In the error message, tap More info.
- In the top right, tap More Share.
- You may need to do a search for the contact information of your other email service.
Something went wrong, or Gmail couldn't open a connection to the server
You can't add non-IMAP accounts, like Exchange and POP, to your Gmail app. If you're adding a different type of account, check with your email provider to make sure IMAP is turned on.
Related resources
- Get Gmail features for your other email accounts
- Add Gmail to another email client
