How to Add & Manage Multiple Gmail Accounts On Your Smartphone | (2024)

Nowadays, it’s common to have more than one Gmail accounts that’s mainly because, people prefer to segregate and balance a professional and personal work like for instance; if you are an entrepreneur, you would probably want to manage one account just to deal with your clienteles revert and receive mails related to work alone and on the other hand, you would use your personal Gmail account for your private mails for instance receive notification of the online payment transaction you made etc.

That being said, you will certainly agree with the fact that, managing two different accounts can get annoying sometimes and not to mention time consuming as well. Since you need to log out and log in from each account every time to want to check or revert to any mail. But do you know you can easily manage multiple Gmail account in your smartphone? How? Well, the answer to this question actually lies in your smartphone itself! Yes, you can easily step up and manage multiple Gmail accounts in your Android and iOS smartphone it’s true. So, let’s take a quick glance to find out how it can be done.

Firstly, let’s assume that you already have one Gmail account configured and you want to set up another Gmail account in your Android or iOS smartphone.

1:Gmail Set up Procedure for Android

If you are currently using an Android smartphone here’s how you can easily set up and manage multiple Gmail account in your Android device.

Step 1: Go to your Android device’s Home screen and tap on the Settings option –>Click on the Accounts option.

Step 2: You will find a list of accounts that you have already signed into. For instance –Facebook, twitter, Instagram etc. As you scroll towards bottom of the screen you will find an ‘Add Account’ option–>Click on it to proceed further.

Step 3: Tap on Google from the list of applications displayed on the screen.

Step 4: You would asked to enter the security PIN, password or fingerprint (depending on the security settings of your phone) to proceed ahead.

Step 5: The next window will direct you to the initial login page of Gmail. Just put in the required information and Click on the Next option

Step 6: The Terms & Conditions window will appear on the screen –>Click on ‘Accept’ to continue further.

Step 7: Your Gmail account data will automatically sync with Android.

Step 8: You can now choose the account you prefer to keep a tab of by going back to Accounts option under settings –>Tap on Google and select the desired Gmail account.

2:Gmail Set Up Procedure for iOS

Step 1: Click on the Settings option of your iOS phone –> Click on the Mail option under Settings

Step 2: Click on Accounts options under Mail –> Click on the ‘Add Account’ option.

Step 3: You will now see a list of options on the screen for instances; Yahoo, Outlook.com, Google etc. –> click on Google to proceed further.

Step 4: A Gmail Sign up page will appear on your iPhone’s screen.

Step 5: Enter yourGmail address –>after doing so, tapon the ‘Next’ button below.

Step 6: Next, you would be asked to enter thepassword –>once donetapon ‘Next’.

Step 7: You can now sync options you require and toggle off the ones that you don’t –>click on ‘Save’ option when done.

3. Adding Account via Gmail App

Apart from the above mentioned methods, there’s another simple and easy way of adding and managing Gmail account and that too directly from the Gmail App. Here’s how you can add:

Step 1: Click on the Gmail App –> Tap on the Menu button on the upper left corner of the screen (Three horizontal lines)

Step 2: Tap to the arrow located on the right side next to your existing email account –> a drop down will appear.

Step 3: Tap on the Add Account option denoted with a plus sign (+) to proceed further.

Step 4: An email set up page will appear with multiple options like; Yahoo, Outlook, Hotmail, Google etc. –>Tap on Google

Step 5: On tapping, you need to enter the security PIN, password or fingerprint (depending on the security settings of your phone) for verification.

Step 6: The next window will direct you to the initial login page of Gmail. Just put in the required information and click on the Next option to proceed further.

4:Managing Multiple Accounts

Managing multiple Gmail accounts is as simple as the process of adding a new Gmail account on your smartphone.Now that you are well aware of the process of adding a new Gmail account on your smartphone, here’s how you can swap and manage receiving notifications, alerts etc. from both the ids. Let’s for instances say the two email id’s are A and B.

Step 1: Click on the Menu button on the upper left corner of the screen (Three horizontal lines)

Step 2: You will now be able to view the account info of the two ids.

Step 3: For instances; if you click on email id ‘A’ you will manage to view the notifications and alters related specifically to this email id. On the other hand, if you want to view the mails on email id ‘B’ for instances then, all you need to do is click on that particular email id to check, revert via that particular id.

That’s not all…you know what’s more interesting? You will receive notifications and alerts of all the multiple accounts configured in your smartphone!

Now whether you have two, three or even four Gmail accounts you can easily handle all of them with just a click! If you have been using multiple accounts in your smartphone do share your views on how effective you find handling them in just one device. Also if you like this article then do share it with your family and friends.

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