{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Ucstrategies News","provider_url":"https:\/\/ucstrategies.com\/news","author_name":"Alex Morgan","author_url":"https:\/\/ucstrategies.com\/news\/author\/alex-morgan\/","title":"Google Quietly Changed Gmail Forever: You Can Finally Edit Your Email Address","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"vZ4fGKOIeN\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ucstrategies.com\/news\/gmail-update\/\">Google Quietly Changed Gmail Forever: You Can Finally Edit Your Email Address<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/ucstrategies.com\/news\/gmail-update\/embed\/#?secret=vZ4fGKOIeN\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Google Quietly Changed Gmail Forever: You Can Finally Edit Your Email Address&#8221; &#8212; Ucstrategies News\" data-secret=\"vZ4fGKOIeN\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/ucstrategies.com\/news\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/ucstrategies.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/shutterstock_2658220125-1.jpg","thumbnail_width":1200,"thumbnail_height":800,"description":"For years, many users hoped for greater flexibility in managing the core elements of their Google accounts. Previously, changing an email address ending in @gmail.com meant starting over from scratch\u2014resulting in the loss of years of data and numerous personal resources attached to that single online identity. This landscape has shifted, and not only for [&hellip;]"}