How to Set Up Gmail

Gmail is one of the most popular and best email services which is offered by Google. Creating a Gmail account will eventually give you access to several other services, such as Google calendar, Google Drive, Hangouts, Google docs, and Google sheets, offered by Google.

Option 1: Creating new email address

  1. Go to https://accounts.google.com/signup
  2. Enter your first and last name.
  3. In the Username field, enter the username of your choice. If the username you want is not available, try another username or change it by simply using numbers or periods.
  4. Enter and confirm your password.
  5. Click Next.
  6. Enter your phone number and verify it with the code sent through text.
  7. Click Verify.

Option 2: Using an existing email address

  1. Go to https://accounts.google.com/signup
  2. Enter your first and last name.
  3. For the Username field, click Use my current email address instead.
  4. Enter your current email address. It could be any email address such as Hotmail. Yahoo, Outlook, or any other email address.
  5. Click Next.
  6. Verify your email address with the code sent to your current email address.
  7. Click Verify.