Whether you want to migrate from a business email address to a personal email address or you're simply unhappy with the username you previously chose and want to switch to one that sounds more professional, you're not alone in looking for a way to move all of your Gmail data from one place to another.

We've covered how to create a personal backup of your work email , and how to use Google Takeout to download Gmail messages and then restore them to a new account . But if you just want messages from an old Gmail account to appear in the inbox of your new Gmail account, the easiest option is to set up POP access (also known as Post Office Protocol).

Enable POP for all email.

Select what you want to do with the original messages from the dropdown under #2. You can keep, archive, or delete Gmail's copy for this inbox, or simply mark messages as read.