Migrating to Gmail
Moving your email account to Gmail gives you an intuitive interface and enterprise-grade security. You can switch easily with our newest range of cloud-native migration solutions.
Why migrate? The benefits of using our email migration tool
Our data migration tool is designed to save you time and centralise your business data in one secure location.
Centralise your data, end the chaos
Stop juggling multiple accounts. Our migration tool centralises all your business emails, files and contacts, making everything easily searchable. Save valuable time and reduce the stress of a fragmented workflow.
Migrate every email at once
No more manually forwarding emails one by one or copying and pasting files. Our tool allows for mass migration, so you can copy large volumes of data at once. You have control over what to migrate and can bring over your historical email, calendar and contact data to ensure that nothing is left behind.
Keep business and personal separate
Many business owners start out using a personal email for work, but separating the two is crucial for professionalism and organisation. Our tool ensures that your business-related emails are copied to Google Workspace, to help you connect with your customers from your new custom email address.
Get started with your Gmail migration
Our migration tools securely copy your existing emails, contacts and calendar appointments, so you'll find everything in one place.
Choose your Workspace plan
Gmail is included in all Workspace plans. Choose the plan that best fits your business and storage needs.
Set up Gmail for your team
Sign in to the Admin console to set up Gmail and manage settings for users across your organisation.
Move your existing email data
Use Google's data migration service to copy existing emails, data and contacts to Gmail from any email service.
Migrate from any email service seamlessly
Whether you're using , a or another like Hotmail or Yahoo, our service can handle it.
Simplify your transition
It's never been easier to move your email and collaboration to Gmail, with options to meet the unique needs of your organisation.
Self-managed
Manage migrations directly from the Admin console with built-in Google tools and support guides.
Partner-supported
Google Cloud partners offer end-to-end support for more complex email and data migrations.
Personal email migration
Use the data migration service to migrate from a personal Gmail account to a Workspace account.
Why businesses choose Gmail for growth
Gmail boosts productivity with intuitive design and seamless integration with Workspace apps, backed by AI-powered features and advanced security.
Intelligent and AI-powered communication
makes email communication smarter and faster. Use Help me write to refine and polish emails with a single prompt. Ask Gemini to summarise email threads and easily find specific details or events from the side panel in Gmail.
Efficient productivity, simplified
Save time with employee onboarding and adoption. Gmail's intuitive interface is easy to use and improves efficiency. Seamless integration with Workspace apps streamlines workflows, while innovative help you find information quickly.
Look more professional and enhance your credibility
helps businesses put their best foot forward, projecting a more professional image that builds trust. Gmail enables businesses to use names in email addresses, while integrated and scheduling tools help you grow your business.
Secure by design
Gmail leverages Google's infrastructure in the cloud, eliminating the need for on-premises software maintenance and bolstering protection against data breaches. Built-in blocks 99.9% of spam, phishing and malware.
Hear from businesses like yours
Our main objective in transitioning to a cloud-based email and collaboration platform was to improve the quality of our work and the quality of the services that we offer our citizens.
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Frequently asked questions
Take a look at our FAQ to learn more.
You can migrate archived emails to Gmail using the IMAP interface as long as they are still accessible from your original email provider's mailbox. This process works for providers like Outlook, Yahoo or other IMAP-enabled accounts. Gmail makes it easy to preserve archived emails retained for compliance and regulatory measures.
Advanced migration settings can enable partial email migration, limiting data transfer to specific date ranges and specific labels or email folders.
Once you've chosen a Google Workspace plan, you can copy your email while keeping an existing, domain-based address.