How to remove alternate emails from gmail

To remove alternate emails from your Gmail account, you can follow these steps:

Method 1: Using the Gmail Settings

  1. Log in to your Gmail account.
  2. Click on the gear icon () in the upper right corner of the page.
  3. Select "See all settings" from the dropdown menu.
  4. Scroll down to the "Accounts and Import" tab.
  5. Click on "Edit" next to "Send mail as".
  6. Remove the alternate email addresses from the list by clicking on the "X" icon next to each address.
  7. Click "Save Changes" at the bottom of the page.

Method 2: Using the Gmail Contacts

  1. Log in to your Gmail account.
  2. Click on the "Contacts" button in the left-hand menu.
  3. Click on the "More" dropdown menu at the top of the page.
  4. Select "Find and remove contacts".
  5. In the search bar, type the email address of the alternate email you want to remove.
  6. Click on the "Remove" button next to the email address.
  7. Confirm that you want to remove the contact by clicking "OK".

Method 3: Using the Gmail API

If you have a large number of alternate email addresses and want to remove them programmatically, you can use the Gmail API. You'll need to:

  1. Enable the Gmail API for your project in the Google Cloud Console.
  2. Use the Gmail API to retrieve the list of alternate email addresses associated with your account.
  3. Use the Gmail API to remove the alternate email addresses from your account.

Here's an example of how you can use the Gmail API to remove alternate email addresses using Python:

import google.auth
from googleapiclient.discovery import build

# Authenticate with the Gmail API
creds, project = google.auth.default(scopes=['https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.modify'])

# Create a Gmail API client
service = build('gmail', 'v1', credentials=creds)

# Retrieve the list of alternate email addresses
response = service.users().settings().getFromDomain('your_email_address').execute()
alternate_emails = response.get('sendAs', [])

# Remove the alternate email addresses
for email in alternate_emails:
    service.users().settings().sendAs().delete(userId='your_email_address', sendAsEmail=email).execute()

Note: Before removing alternate email addresses, make sure you have the correct permissions and that you're using the correct email address and credentials.