Sign up for gmail with existing email
You can't directly sign up for a new Gmail account using an existing email address. Gmail requires a unique email address to create a new account. However, you can use your existing email address to recover a forgotten Gmail password or to link your existing email account to your Gmail account.
Here are the steps to link your existing email account to your Gmail account:
Method 1: Linking your existing email account to Gmail
- Go to the Gmail sign-up page and click on "Create account".
- Enter your desired username and password, and click on "Next".
- You will be asked to enter your existing email address. Enter your existing email address and click on "Next".
- You will receive a verification email from Google. Open the email and click on the verification link to confirm your email address.
- Once verified, you can use your existing email address to sign in to your Gmail account.
Method 2: Recovering a forgotten Gmail password using your existing email address
- Go to the Gmail sign-in page and click on "Forgot password".
- Enter your Gmail address and click on "Next".
- You will be asked to enter your recovery email address. Enter your existing email address and click on "Next".
- You will receive a verification email from Google. Open the email and click on the verification link to confirm your email address.
- Once verified, you can reset your Gmail password using your existing email address.
Note that linking your existing email account to your Gmail account or recovering a forgotten Gmail password using your existing email address does not mean that you are signing up for a new Gmail account. You are simply using your existing email address to access or recover your Gmail account.