| An email address or ID is just like an address or | | | | the providers also let you close your previous |
| telephone number of a person. | | | | account. Although it is completely up to you if you |
| Internet has entered into the life of everyone and | | | | want multiple accounts or not. |
| people now prefer to carry out their conversations, | | | | In case you have been using an email address for |
| meetings etc. on the internet. An email address gives | | | | quite a long time and now all of a sudden wants to |
| you a home on the internet. You can send message | | | | get rid of it might be a lot tougher than you actually |
| to anyone via email. It's free and very fast. But | | | | think. It is never advisable to delete an old account |
| sometimes we may find ourselves in need to change | | | | as it can be really problematic. There are a lot of |
| our email ID. Some of the reasons that compel a | | | | reasons why it is not considered such a good option. |
| person to go for a new email address are usually | | | | First of all, it would be very time consuming to inform |
| dissatisfaction with the current provider, lot of spam | | | | all the people about your new email address and |
| in the mail box, funny looking email ID or for security | | | | chances are that you will skip some people and |
| reasons. So here are some steps you need to follow | | | | therefore lose contact. Secondly, you will also lose all |
| if you are wondering how do I change my email | | | | your old mails and other data which may have |
| address. | | | | important documents and photos. All that data is not |
| If your account is relatively new it is not that difficult | | | | worth losing. Thirdly, if you are using your email |
| to change your email address as you have not given | | | | address as the username of some other service you |
| it to many people and can easily give it to people | | | | will face a lot of difficulty in restoring everything |
| you have given your email address. Email services | | | | back. Therefore, if you are very sure of changing |
| providers like Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail etc. lets you | | | | your email address the best bet would be to open a |
| make email IDs for free. So you can easily discard | | | | new account and auto-forward all your mails to the |
| your previous email id and make a new one. Most of | | | | new account. |