Google users are celebrating a long-awaited update affecting a major change to users' email addresses. The company announced in April that users in the United States would be able to change their email address without setting up a new account —great news for anyone who set up their account as a teenager with an embarrassing Gmail address.

Good news for people who regret the Gmail address they came up with when they registered for an account: Google is now letting users change it. Google started quietly rolling out the change late last year in India.

Your Google Account username is the identifier used on Gmail, Drive, Photos, and other services. Until now, it was permanent once created. With this change, users can update the part of their address that goes before @gmail.

For the first time in Gmail’s 22-year history, account holders will now be able to change their email address name. In the past, if a user wanted a new name, they would have to start over with a

Google is now letting many users change their primary Gmail address – without losing access to their old one. The company says you can go into your Google account settings, tap manage your google account,

Google is allowing users to choose a new address. Users can change their Gmail address up to three times.

Gmail users in the United States can now change their email address without losing their data, Google announced this week.The update allows users to pick a new @gmail.com username while keeping their existing emails,