How To Create A New Personal Gmail Account

How to Set Up a New Gmail Account for Yourself or Others

If you want to make a Gmail account for yourself or another person, here's everything you need to know.

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Setting up a new Gmail account is relatively simple: whether you're creating one for yourself or for another person. If you're starting on Gmail for the first time, just setting up a new Gmail address, or creating the account for someone else, the process is similar.

Here's everything you need to know about how to create a new Gmail account for others or for yourself.

How to Set Up a New Gmail Account

To set up a new Gmail account, you will need to go to the Gmail website and select Create an account.
If you are already signed into a Gmail account, you will need to select the top-right icon and choose Add another account on the dropdown menu. This will then take you to a page where you can get started adding the details for your new account.
You then need to add the details for fields for first name, last name, username, and password. It's important to note the username will appear in the new Gmail email address as username@gmail.com. For the username, you can use letters, numbers, and periods.
When you have filled in the necessary details, click Next.
On the next page, Google will then ask you to verify your phone number. Enter your number and click Next. You will receive a verification code that you then need to enter.
Once verified, you'll see a page saying "Welcome to Google" with your new Gmail account. Here you can choose whether to keep your phone number linked to your account and whether you want to add a recovery email address.
You'll need to enter your date of birth and the gender field to proceed. Once you have done this, select Next.
On the next page, you will be presented with Google's privacy policy and terms. You can customize opt-in services by selecting More options. Once you have chosen your preferred settings, select I agree to proceed. This will then take you to your new Gmail inbox, which you can customize and adjust according to your preferences.

How to Make a Gmail Account for Someone Else

If you want to create a new Gmail account for others, such as a relative, the process is the same. However, there are some important things to take note of during the setup process.

Firstly, make sure you are not adding the account as an additional address to your existing Google account. Either sign out of Google, or use your browser in incognito mode to start a fresh account for the other person.

When entering the details for the other person's account, make sure to enter the details of the person the account is for, rather than your own. Also, make sure that the username reflects that person's desired username.

When verifying the account by phone, make sure that the person sends you the verification code so that you can complete the setup for them. You can also use your own number for the verification step and just remove it from the account afterwards.

You will also need to provide them with the login username and password for their account so that they can sign in.

If they have an existing email account on another platform, set this as the recovery email for the Gmail account. This allows them to reset the password after you've handed over the account, as well as recover the password if they forget it.

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Setting up a new Gmail account is really simple, and switching between and managing multiple accounts is easy enough too if you link accounts.

Getting to know these easy yet powerful features of your Google account can open up a lot of productivity options for you.

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