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Gmail: Automatic Forwarding
You can automatically forward your messages to another address. You can choose to forward all new messages, or just certain ones.
Note: You can only set up forwarding on your computer, and not on the Gmail app.
Turn on automatic forwarding
- On your computer, open Gmail using the account you want to forward messages from. You can only forward messages for a single Gmail address, and not an email group or alias.
- In the top right, click
.
- Click Settings.
- Click the Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab.
- In the "Forwarding" section, click Add a forwarding address.
- Enter the email address you want to forward messages to.
- Click Next
Proceed
OK.
- A verification message will be sent to that address. Click the verification link in that message.
- Go back to the settings page for the Gmail account you want to forward messages from, and refresh your browser.
- Click the Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab.
- In the 'Forwarding' section, select Forward a copy of incoming mail to.
- Choose what you want to happen with the Gmail copy of your emails. We recommend Keep Gmail's copy in the Inbox.
- At the bottom of the page, click Save Changes.
Turn off automatic forwarding
- On your computer, open Gmail using the account you want to stop forwarding messages from.
- In the top right, click
.
- Click Settings.
- Click the Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab.
- In the 'Forwarding' section, click Disable forwarding.
- At the bottom, click Save Changes.

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