There is an Import Assistant to help you transfer your existing e-mails. ProtonMail has an excellent guide on how to migrate from Gmail to ProtonMail.

This means I need to be able to transfer all of my e-mails from Gmail to ProtonMail. I do not want to maintain two personal e-mail boxes next to my work e-mail and possibly a clients e-mail box. The most important requirement for me is to be able to do a full switch. I created an account, looked around and thought: “Yes, this looks like another e-mail provider, but why should I change?” Transferring existing e-mailsĬhanging from e-mail provider can be a hassle, depending on your requirements and set-up. I found out about ProtonMail while it was still in beta in 2014. Until then, I am trying my first steps by switching from Gmail to ProtonMail. One day I will use a phone without Android, hope that DuckDuckGo will support bubbles, and maybe convince the hundreds of YouTube creators I follow to switch to a decentralized alternative.

I am very slowly trying to de-Google my life, but I’m not the person to go to the extreme and live with discomfort. There are many good reasons to switch from Gmail to another e-mail provider.

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