How To Change The Default Gmail Account ? [Best Guide]

Most people these days have more than one Google account. They keep one for their personal use and uses the rest of the accounts professionally. Google understood this requirement very well, due to which they have given the facility to login to more than one account in the same browser.

The process of adding any google account to browser/mail app is very easy. You simply have to open the Gmail website. As soon as the mailbox is fully loaded, you have to click on the Gmail profile picture and then click on the Add another account button.

After which you will get the login page. here you have to enter the information of the account that you want to login to.

How to change the default Gmail account in a browser? 

Whichever account you login to Google first. That becomes the default account, if you open the gmail.com website in a new browser, then that account will be loaded.

If you want to switch that account, simply click on the account profile, then select that particular email account.

If you want to change your default Gmail account in the browser. So you have to sign out all the accounts from the browser. Then first you have to login to the email that you want to make the primary account. Here are the instructions for making the default Gmail in a browser. 

1. Let’s go to the Gmail.com website on a browser. 
2. Click on the account profile picture.
3. Click on the sign out all account button. 
4. Once you get back to the login page, click on the account that you want to login first. 
5. Now enter the password, and press the sign in button.(IN case, you can’t sign into the gmail account, please check the login password)
6. After getting into the gmail account, you need to click on the profile picture again and click on the add another account button. 
7. Enter the user information of other accounts. 

How to setup the Primary Gmail account on the android phone? 

If you want to setup Gmail account in Android phone like browsers. So you have to delete all the accounts from the smartphone.

After that you have to login to that account first which you want to make default. The steps given below will help for that.

• Open the Gmail application on your Android phone.
• Now click on the menu button then go to Account Settings.
• Here you have to click on the three dot icon appearing on the top right and then click on the Manage Account button.
• Tap on the google option
• Now click on the Gmail account, after that again click on the menu icon (the three dots seen above).
• Here you have to click on remove account button
• When this account is removed, you have to remove the rest of the account in the same way.
• When all the accounts are removed from the Android device, you will have to go to the Manage Accounts tab again.
• Here you have to click on the add account button.
• . Now select Google and then sign in to the account that you want to make the primary account.
• After that you have to login to the rest of the accounts. 

If you can’t receive emails in gmail account after recheck the login and server information.

How to set up a default Gmail account in iphone? 

If you use an iPhone and you want to change the default account in it, then you can change it with the help of the steps given below.

• Unlock your iPhone or iPad and open the Settings app.
• Now scroll upwards and then tap on the Mail option.
• Now scroll upwards again and tap on the default account option, you will find it at the end.
• Now select the account you want to make default and then click on the done button.

How to change the primary Gmail account in outlook application? 

So till now we have set Gmail accounts on browsers and smartphones as default accounts. But some of you may want to select Gmail as the primary application in the Outlook application.

But you may not know its process. If this is true then you can do this with the help of the steps given below.

• First of all, open the Outlook application on your phone or computer.
• Now click on Files option.
• Click on Account setup button.
• Here click on Account Settings.
• Select your Gmail account.
• Now click on the Set Accounts as Default button.

After reading this blog, I hope you have learned to change your Gmail default account. If you want any other kind of information related to Gmail, then definitely write in the comment below.

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FAQ’s Related To Gmail Default Account : 

how to change default gmail account in chrome?

How to change the Default Google profile in chrome?

• Open the Google chrome.
• Click on the profile icon available in the TOP right corner.
• Now select the profile from the list.

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