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Gmail Users Could Lose Access to Emails as Google Set to Shut Down 2 Features
Google will remove Gmailify and POP3 features in January 2026, ending spam protection and advanced search for linked third-party accounts, encouraging IMAP use instead.
- This month, Google will end support for Gmailify and the desktop 'check mail from other accounts' POP option, causing some Gmail users to lose access to emails.
- Citing security, the company is removing legacy protocols as Google will end POP3 support in January 2026, eliminating this older linking method for Gmail accounts.
- The change removes conveniences users got via Gmailify and desktop POP, causing linked accounts to lose spam protection, improved mobile notifications, inbox categories, and desktop client support for Outlook, Apple Mail, and Thunderbird.
- Google Support says users should add accounts to the Gmail mobile app or enable automatic forwarding , noting `If you have a work or school account, your administrator can help migrate your email data into Google Workspace`.
- Separately, Google plans a major 2026 update to let users change their gmail.com address without losing user data, but the announcement appeared only in a Google support document published in Hindi with no timeline.
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Gmail users could lose access to emails as Google set to shut down 2 features
Starting in January 2026, Gmail will no longer provide support for Gmailify and 'check mail from other accounts' - see what effect this will have.
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Google is ending Gmailify and POP reception on the web version, forcing users to rethink email management. Google has decided to discontinue two older mechanisms used to integrate external email accounts. As a result, Gmailify and support for the POP protocol for receiving messages from other providers will no longer exist during January. For years, Gmailify allowed users of services like Yahoo or Outlook to benefit from some of Gmail's most val…
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