How to make an email default on gmail

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Your default Gmail account is what dictates your default YouTube page, your calendar events, and much more. To change your default Gmail account, you'll need to sign out of all existing accounts and then re-sign in on a browser that will save your preferences; you can then add your other accounts to your new default.

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Navigate to your Gmail inbox. Make sure this is your default account before proceeding.
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Click your profile image. You can find this in the top right corner of your inbox page.
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Click "Sign out" in the drop-down menu. Your default Gmail account and all linked accounts will sign out.[1]
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Click your preferred default account.
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Enter your account's password.
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Click "Sign in". You should now be signed into your preferred default account; from here, you can add your other accounts to your new default.

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Click your profile image.
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Click "Add Account" in the drop-down menu.
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Click the name of an account you'd like to add. Alternatively, you can click "Add account" at the bottom of this page to add a new account.[2]
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Type you additional account's password. If you're adding a previously-unlinked account, you'll need to provide the email address as well.
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Click "Sign in" when you're done. Your secondary account should now by signed in and linked to your default account!
- You can repeat this process for as many accounts as you would like to link.

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How do I change my default Gmail account if signing out of my default Gmail account is not an option?

You can select the "Sign out of all accounts" button at the bottom. This worked for me.
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Why does my secondary Gmail account show as my default?

If you logged into that account prior to your primary account, then it automatically becomes your default. Sign out of both and then sign back in to the one you want as default first.

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Gmail's mobile app opens to the last account page you had open. To change the account to which the Gmail app opens, simply change the active account from within the app's "Manage Accounts" section.
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Once you sign out of your default Gmail account, you'll be signed out of any google-related services as well.

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How do I make a certain email the default?

Change the Default Sending Account in Gmail.

In your Gmail inbox screen, select Settings (gear icon)..

Select See All Settings..

Select Accounts and Import..

In the Send mail as section, choose the email you want to use as your default address and select Make Default..

You've set your new default sending address..

How do I make an account on Google my default?

You can change your default Google account by signing out of all your Google accounts, and then signing back into the one you want as your default. The first Google account you sign back into will be set as your default until you log out of them all again.