Gmail ends third-party ‘Send As’ from January 2027

Gmail users who send mail from Yahoo, Outlook or custom domain addresses through their Google inbox have just over a year to find another solution.

Google is confident about the fact that the "Send as" feature will be discontinued for all third-party addresses starting from January 2027. It has been a solution adopted by many people who had multiple emails but wanted to send messages from only one account.

It is important to note that from January 2027, Gmail will not allow users to send emails using other email services such as 'yahoo.com' and 'outlook.com'yahoo.com and @outlook.com via the web app and even via the mobile applications for Android and iOS operating systems.

Google has already informed us of the fact that it would restrict the creation of any configuration of "Send as" using third-party email addresses before the deadline.

Gmail-to-Gmail aliases and Google Workspace "Send as" will not be affected by this change. The ability to read third-party emails in the Gmail mobile application is also not impacted; hence, adding and accessing third-party accounts via this option is still possible even after the restriction in sending.

Outlook, Thunderbird, Apple Mail, and other third-party clients may still use Gmail using the Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) or Post Office Protocol (POP), and the Gmail API is also accessible.

Gmailify and web-based POP mail fetching, which let Gmail apply spam filtering and inbox organisation to external accounts, were discontinued starting in January 2026, a year ahead of the "send as" deprecation.

Users who relied on POP to pull in mail from other providers have already needed to switch to IMAP or direct forwarding.