Gmail: Migrate your email data in any direction! From Gmail to a new provide or from your existing provider to a new Gmail account.
In this tutorial, we’ll walk you through 3 easy steps and explain how you can easily migrate your emails to Gmail. Even without technical expertise, everyone can migrate to Gmail! We’ll start with the necessary preparation, explain how to generate an app password and enable IMAP for your Gmail account and walk you through all steps necessary for the Gmail migration. So let’s get started!
Gmail Migrate Email: Easily Migrate Emails to Gmail in a few Steps
- Preparation: Get Ready to Migrate to Gmail!
- Step 01:Generate an App Password for the Email Migration to Gmail
- Step 02: Enable IMAP Access for the Gmail Migration
- Step 03: Perform Your Email Migration to Gmail
- What to do After Your Email Migration to Gmail Finished
Gmail: Migrate Email Video Tutorial
In case you prefer videos over text, here’s a quick demo tutorial that shows a migration to Gmail. You can also follow the steps shown in the video and – in case you’re stuck – refer to the tutorial below.
Gmail Migrate Email – Tutorials for Major Providers:
Besides this tutorial, we’ve created step-by-step tutorials for major providers like Microsoft or Yahoo!. So before continuing with this tutorial, you might want to check if your provider and the desired direction of your email migration (“from – to”) is stated in this list:
- Migrate from Outlook to Gmail
- Migrate from Google Workspace to Office 365
- Migrate from IMAP to Gmail
- Migrate from Gmail to Office 365
- Migrate from Yahoo Mail to Gmail
Not found what you’re looking for? No worries! Simply continue reading to perform your Gmail email migration!
Gmail Migrate Email:
Get Ready to Migrate to Gmail
In order to migrate email to Gmail (or vice versa), you first need to have a three things at hand:
- The credentials for your non-Gmail account, consisting of:
– username
– password
– mailserver address - Your Gmail username (this is your email address) and your account password.
- MailJerry – your go-to mailbox migration tool that migrates your emails to Gmail 😉
How to Find the Right Credentials for your Email Account:
Usually, when signing up with a hosting provider, you receive your credentials via email or in form of a data sheet. But as we all know, such things get lost easily.
Tip 01: Sign in to your hosting providers customer center and search for your email credentials there.
Tip 02: If your emails are currently stored with a large hosting providers, a quick google search for “[name of your hosting provider] email credentials” might help to find out where to get the credentials for your email account.
➡️ If you still can’t find your credentials, contact the support of your hosting provider.
💡 In case you know your password, you can simply try your luck in the MailJerry app and test a few common combinations. In order to do so, let MailJerry first guess your server name!
Now that you’ve got the credentials for your accounts at hand, you can start to generate an app password. The app password is necessary so Gmail allows you to migrate emails from or to your Gmail account.
Step 01:
Generate an App Password for the Email Migration to Gmail
To be able to migrate your emails to or from Gmail, you first need to generate an app password. An app password allows you to access your Gmail account so that you can access your mailbox for the Gmail migration.
How to Generate an App Password for Your Gmail Migration:
1. Login to your Gmail account at https://www.gmail.com/
2. Click on the account icon (your profile picture) in the toolbar and choose Manage your Google Account
3. In the left navigation bar, select Security
4. Scroll down to “How you sign in to Google” and ensure that 2-Step Verification is turned to On.
5. If 2-Step Verification is active, click on 2-Step Verification (or the arrow at the right end of the option).
6. Scroll down to “App passwords” and click on it.
Don’t see the option “App passwords”?
Follow this link to create an app password: https://myaccount.google.com/apppasswords
7. Create your app password by providing the following information:
Enter MailJerry in the field “App name” and click on “Create”.
8. Google now displays your app password.
⚠️ Copy your password and save it ⚠️
You’ll need this password in a few seconds to migrate your emails to Gmail.
Step 02:
Enable IMAP Access for the Gmail Migration
Now that you’ve got an app password for your Gmail migration, you need to enable IMAP for your Gmail account.
How to enable IMAP access to your Gmail account:
1. Log in to your Gmail account: https://mail.google.com
2. Click on the Settings icon on the top right corner and select See all settings
3. Now click on Forwarding and POP/IMAP (last link on the right under “Settings”) and select enable IMAP.
Scroll to the end of the page and click on Save settings.
Step 03:
Perform Your Email Migration to Gmail
Now that you’ve got your credentials at hand and your Gmail account is set up, you can start your email migration to Gmail.
1. Download and install MailJerry.
The email migration tool is available for Windows, Mac OS, iOS or Android.
Alternatively, you can start your migration directly in the browser.
2. Go to Migrations and enter the credentials for both email addresses:
➡️ For the Gmail address, select Gmail as account type and enter your email address and your app password.
➡️ For your other provider, select the corresponding account type (usually “IMAP”) and enter your credentials.
IMPORTANT: For your Gmail account, enter your app password instead of your login password in the “password” field.
3. Click on Check Settings and wait until MailJerry connected with both of your accounts. In case something is still not set up correctly, MailJerry will show an error message.
But don’t worry, our email migration software provides you with detailed instructions on how to easily resolve any problems 👍.
4. After MailJerry connected with your accounts, you’ll see a summary of your Gmail migration. The software will tell you how many emails and folders where found in your existing account and warn you in case you don’t have enough disk space in your new account.
5. Now click on Start Your Migration.
The duration to migrate your emails to Gmail heavily depends on the speed provided by the Google servers and the amount of data that is being migrated.
Of course, Google does not like to lose customers, so they slow down the transmission speed after a certain amount of data has been migrated. But don’t worry if you migrate large email accounts from or to Gmail. You can close the MailJerry software and check back later, as MailJerry will handle your email migration completely automatically from now on!
After the Gmail Migration:
What to do After Your Email Migration to Gmail Finished
Congratulations, you’ve just completed your email migration to Gmail! So what’s next?
Sync your Accounts after the Gmail Email Migration
After successfully migrating your emails to Gmail (or vice versa), it is very likely that you will still receive a few emails in your old email account.
Therefore, go to Overview, select your migration and activate Automatically synchronize emails. Now all emails received in your old account will be forwarded to your new account.
🎉 That’s it! 🎉
As promised, it’s very easy to migrate your emails to Gmail!
FAQ:
Common Gmail Migration Questions
In case you still have questions about how to migrate your emails to Gmail, have a look at these common questsions:
What is an app password?
An app password is a 16-digit passcode that is generated for your Gmail account. With the app password, you grant non-Google apps or devices permission to access your account. Using app passwords for third party devices is very common. For example, if you use an email client like Outlook or Apple Mail, it is very likely that you were already required to generate an app password.
Why must I use an app password?
The app password is an extra security precaution that is required by Google. It helps to keep your data 100% save and within your control.
Why can’t I choose “Log in with Google” instead of using an app password?
We’ve compared both connection methods: While “Log in with Google” tends to cause connection delays and interruptions during the migration process, Gmail email migrations that use an app password run smoothly and without any problems.
And since we don’t want you to experience any inconveniences when migrating to Gmail, we decided to work with the app password option for Gmail migrations.
Why do I have to enable IMAP to migrate to Gmail?
If you enable IMAP for your Gmail email migration, your emails can be accessed by a mailbox migration tool like MailJerry. Without IMAP, your email data can only be accessed within Gmail, which will make it impossible to perform an email migration to Gmail.
Where do I find the address of my mailserver?
Usually, you find the address of your mailserver on the data sheet you received from your hosting provider or on the respective help page of your provider.
However, here’s a quick tip: Open the MailJerry email migration software, go to Migrations and enter your email address (yourname@domain.tdl) in the field “username”. With the stated email address, we can guess your hosting provider and very likely suggest the correct mail server address.
⚠️ In case your username differs from your email address, don’t forget to change the value in the username field back to the username stated by your provider.
I don’t know my user name. What can i do?
Before contacting your email provider, try these common variations and see if MailJerry is able to connect with your email account:
Common username variations:
- your email address (e.g. firstname.lastname@domain.tdl)
- the part before the @ sign (e.g. firstname.lastname)
If this does not help, try a Google search to learn where to find the user name for your current provider.
