Forwarding to Personal Email

Automatically forward Gmail messages to another account 

You can choose to forward all of your new messages to another email address, or only forward certain types of messages. 

Set up 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. If you have an account through work or school and have trouble, contact your administrator. 

•Turn on automatic forwarding 

1. 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. 
2. In the top right, click Settings  

See all settings 

3. Click the Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab. 
4. In the "Forwarding" section, click Add a forwarding address. 
5. Enter the email address you want to forward messages to. 
6. Click Next   Proceed    OK
7. A verification message will be sent to that address. Click the verification link in that message. 
8. Go back to the settings page for the Gmail account you want to forward messages from, and refresh your browser. 
9. Click the Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab. 
10. In the "Forwarding" section, select Forward a copy of incoming mail to. 
11. Choose what you want to happen with the Gmail copy of your emails. We recommend Keep Gmail's copy in the Inbox. 
12. At the bottom of the page, click Save Changes. 

•Turn off automatic forwarding 

1. On your computer, open Gmail using the account you want to stop forwarding messages from. 
2. In the top right, click Settings  
3. See all settings.  
4. Click the Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab. 
5. In the "Forwarding" section, click Disable forwarding. 
6. At the bottom, click Save Changes. 

•Only forward certain kinds of messages 

If you only want to forward certain kinds of messages to another account, create a filter for these messages. 

When you're setting up your filter, you can choose what email address to forward these messages to. 

If you don't see an email address to forward messages to, follow the steps above to turn on forwarding.