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How to migrate from GMail (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 days ago by LordOfLocksley@lemmy.world to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
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I've had my GMail account for what must be almost 20 years now, and it's pretty ingrained in my life. My mortgage info comes via GMail, my bank statements come via GMail, my health insurance comes via GMail, etc.

Thinking about migrating honestly seems like an insurmountable task. I have no idea where to begin. How the hell do I go about untangling GMail services from my life.

I've potentially been looking to move to Proton for email, but any other suggestions (preferably European based) would be welcome.

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[–] stinerman@midwest.social 18 points 5 days ago

As others have said... slowly is how you do it. Every time you get an email at the gmail account, update your address with that account. In time you'll get fewer and fewer things there until one day you're done.