Yep.

Switching emails takes a LOOOng time though. But it's worth it.

Firstly: Get a new email account somewhere.. like proton mail, tutanota, etc.

Secondly: log into gmail and set up email forward for all new mail to go to your mail to your new email account.

Thirdly: for about 1 year have a signature set up on your new email to advise everyone this is your new email. Reply to the forwarded emails that come into your new inbox from gmail with the new email address. Don't reply to spam, etc.

Over the next year, go through your gmail and forward all important emails to your new email.

Finally, wait a year, and you should be able to close off (or not use) your google email.

That's the 'help me migrate' way

The other way is to just get a new email and never use gmail again, and never forward any mail to let gmail know your new address.

Yep.

Switching emails takes a LOOOng time though. But it's worth it.

Firstly: Get a new email account somewhere.. like proton mail, tutanota, etc.

Secondly: log into gmail and forward all your mail to your new email account.

Thirdly: for about 1 year have a signature set up on your new email to advise everyone this is your new email. Reply to the forwarded emails that come into your new inbox from gmail with the new email address. Don't reply to spam, etc.

Finally, wait a year, and you should be able to close off (or not use) your google email.

That's the 'help me migrate' way

The other way is to just get a new email and never use gmail again, and never forward any mail to let gmail know your new address.

Yep.

Switching emails takes a LOOOng time though. But it's worth it.

Firstly: