Change your primary domain for Google Workspace

1. Be sure you can sign in to the domain host (for example, GoDaddy or Enom) of your new primary domain. You need to update domain settings, and your domain host can help you.

2. If you purchased your account from a reseller, notify your reseller before switching. They can help with the switch.

3. Notify your users about the switch and the steps they need to take. You can review a sample notification (later on this page).

Adding a new domain won't affect or change your current email.

Before you begin: If you already added your new domain as an alias, go to Remove a domain. You can come back and add that domain as a secondary domain and then change it to your primary domain. You might need to wait up to 24 hours for verification before you can change the secondary domain to your primary domain.

Tip: Try the Home page quick link. On your Admin console Home page, click Change your primary domaingo to step 3.

1. Sign in with an administrator account to the Google Admin console.

   If you aren’t using an administrator account, you can’t access the Admin console.

2. Go to Menu  Account > Domains > Manage domains.

   Requires having the Domain settings administrator privilege.

3. Click Change primary domain. If you don't have this option:
   • You have a domain alias. To continue, go to Step 2 on this page and follow the Before you begin information to remove the domain and add it back as a secondary domain.
   • Your account doesn’t support switching primary domains. To verify, on this page, go to and review You can't change your primary domain if....
4. In the Change primary domain box, click Continue.
5. In the search box, enter your new primary domain or select it from the list.
6. Click Change Primary Domain.

Changes can take up to 48 hours but typically happen more quickly. Learn more

Update users with your new domain

When you update your own admin account, you’ll be signed out. You then sign in with your new username.

Before you begin:

• Review the information in Impact on Google apps when changing a user's email address.
• If you have many users, you can use a spreadsheet to update usernames. For more information, go to Rename user addresses in bulk after changing your primary domain.

To complete these steps, you need the appropriate User management privilege. Without the correct privilege, you won't see all the controls needed to complete these steps.

1. Sign in with an administrator account to the Google Admin console.

   If you aren’t using an administrator account, you can’t access the Admin console.

2. Go to Menu  Directory > Users.
3. Open the user's account page: Click the user's name. Or, at the top, in the search box, enter the user's name and open their account page. For more options, go to Find a user account. 

   

4. Click Update User.
5. For Primary email, click the Down arrow and select your new primary domain.
   
   
6. Click Update User.

Rename mailing groups with your new domain

Update your group addresses to use your new primary domain name. For example, change the address info@old-domain.com to info@new-domain.com.

1. Sign in with an administrator account to the Google Admin console.

   If you aren’t using an administrator account, you can’t access the Admin console.

2. Go to Menu Directory > Groups.

   Requires having the Groups administrator privilege.

3. Click a group you want to rename to open the group's page.
4. At the top of the group's page, click Edit .
5. Click the Down arrow and select your new primary domain.
6. Click Save Group Info.

Choose how to use your old domain with Google Workspace:

• Get email at your old domain and new domain
  Use your old domain as a domain alias. Then, you can send and receive email at your new primary domain and old domain at no additional cost. Learn how

• Keep your old domain as a secondary domain (default)
  You can add a separate set of users to the secondary domain. Users have their own email address at the secondary domain, and you pay for each account.
• Remove the old domain
  If you don’t want to use the original primary domain, remove the domain.

1. Make sure important billing notifications are sent to the correct email address, and check your business contact information.
2. If you had any domain aliases, remove and then add them back to your account.

   Note: The domain aliases are linked to the old primary domain. After you remove the domain alias, it can take 24 hours before you can add it back.

3. If you installed apps from the Google Workspace Marketplace, check with the app developer about whether you need to reinstall the app. If an app saves data based on the domain name or a user's email address, some data might be lost.

4. (Optional) To edit files in Google Sites with the old domain (which are visible using the old URL), have users enter the new domain name in the URL. For example, instead of sites.google.com/a/old_domain.com, change the URL to sites.google.com/a/new_domain.com.
5. (Optional) Update custom logos and custom URLs that show up in your users' Google Workspace account.
6. If you work with a reseller, let them know about your new domain.

If you have a Google Cloud account, there's no impact to your projects or resources. The Google Cloud organization resource display name might take several days to update.

Let your users know about the change and steps to take. Here’s a sample notification you can customize. For additional steps or tips to include, check the impact of changing a username.

Sample notification – Use your new domain

We changed our email from <old-domain.com> to <new-domain.com>. Here's how to use your new email address:

New name—Your new address will be <[email protected]>. You’ll use this address to sign in to your Google Workspace account (your password is unchanged).

Our mailing groups, such as info@ and sales@, have switched to our new name.

Recommended steps

1. Update your email signature with our new name.
2. If you’re using <any Marketplace or custom apps>, sign out, and then sign in with your new address.

Sample notification – Use your new and old domain email

We changed our email from <old-domain.com> to <new-domain.com>. Here's how to use your new email address:

New name—Your new address will be <[email protected]>. You’ll use this address to sign in to your Google Workspace account (no change to your password).

Email—Any mail sent to your old address will arrive in your inbox as usual. Your old address is an alias (additional address) to your new address.

Our mailing groups, such as info@ and sales@, have switched to our new name. But, you’ll still get email sent to our old group names.

Recommended steps

1. Update your email signature with our new name.
2. Set up Gmail to send messages from your old address.

   In the Email Address field, enter your old email address.

3. If you’re using any Google Workspace Marketplace or custom apps, sign out, and then sign in with your new address.

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