Goodbye ‘Geeky Hunk’? Gmail Users Can Now Change Their Usernames. NYT | Top Stories By: Sopan Deb 2 April 2026 at 06:14 Users who have been saddled with now-cringe email handles since the mid-2000s can now change them without losing any data under a policy Google announced on Wednesday. © Sunday Alamba/Associated PressGoogle announced on Wednesday that Gmail users would have the option to change their email addresses without losing access to their inboxes.